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A total of four laboratory-confirmed cases of diphtheria and one asymptomatic carrier of toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheria has been identified in a community in the Eastern sub-district of the Cape Town Metropolitan District. On 3 August 2017, a diagnosis of diphtheria was confirmed in a 10-year-old child at a provincial hospital in Cape Town. The case

The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N8) in poultry is ongoing after its emergence in South Africa in June 2017. According to the OIE website, 24 localized outbreaks have been identified to date from three provinces (Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Western Cape) as follows: 10 outbreaks in commercial chickens, 3 outbreaks in commercial ostrich,

An additional case of diphtheria was confirmed on the 16th August 2017 bringing to four the total number of laboratory -confirmed cases since the index case presented during the week of the 26th July 2017. This additional case is an adult who was investigated as a contact of the index case. Preliminary laboratory tests supported

Three cases of diphtheria have been confirmed in the Western Cape Province, with one asymptomatic carrier and an additional contact awaiting further testing. The initial diagnosis was confirmed in a 10-year old child  who demised on 4th August 2017. The other two confirmed cases, siblings of the index case, have received treatment with diphtheria anti-toxin

07 August 2017 A diagnosis of diphtheria has been confirmed in a 10-year old child  who demised on 4th August 2017. In addition, two siblings of the index case confirmed diphtheria and are admitted in a Western Cape Province hospital. The index case commenced with symptoms compatible with diphtheria (fever, sore throat) during the week

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