South African Measles Outbreak Update 2023 ( 23 FEBRUARY )
The NICD has tested 4019 serum samples for measles since epidemiological week 40, 2022, of which 615 (15.3%) were confirmed positive
Alerts
Measles Outbreak Alert Western Cape province, City of Cape Town (20 February 2023)
The National Institute for Communicable Disease alerts the National Department of Health and the Western Cape province about the increase in laboratory-confirmed measles cases. Four laboratory-confirmed measles have been reported in the City of Cape Town from 24 January 2023 to 17 February 2023. Even though all the lab-confirmed measles were investigated, no epidemiological link …
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South African Measles Outbreak Update 2023 ( 16 FEBRUARY )
Highlights The NICD has tested 3694 serum samples for measles since epidemiological week 40, 2022, of which 560 (15.1%) were confirmed positive. In outbreak-affected provinces, 537 cases have been reported since week 40, 2022. In the past weeks (week 05 up until mid-week 06, 2023), 76 laboratory-confirmed measles cases were detected across the country, of …
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South African Measles Outbreak Update 2023 ( 10 FEBRUARY )
Highlights The NICD has tested 3279 serum samples for measles since epidemiological week 40, 2022, of which 506 (15.4%) were confirmed positive. In outbreak-affected provinces, 484 cases have been reported since week 40, 2022. In the past weeks (week 04 up until mid-week 05, 2023), there have been 58 laboratory-confirmed measles cases detected across the …
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South African Measles Outbreak Update 2023 ( 2 FEBRUARY )
Highlights The NICD has currently tested 3156 serum samples for measles of which 459 (14.5%) were confirmed positive from epidemiological week 40, 2022. In the past weeks (week 03 up until mid-week 04, 2023), there have been 43 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases detected across the country. In outbreak-affected provinces, a total of 441 measles cases …
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South African Measles Outbreak Update 2023 ( 26 January)
Highlights Since the last Situation Report, 24 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases have been detected across the country according to data up until 21 January (mid-week-03, 2023). This brings the number of measles cases in South Africa since epidemiological week 40 of 2022 to 421. In outbreak-affected provinces, a total of 406 measles cases have been …
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South African Measles Outbreak 2023 ( 18 January)
From epidemiological week 40, 2022 (ending 8 October 2022) to mid-week 02, 2023 (ending 14 January 2023) the NICD has tested 3326 serum samples for measles of which 397 (11.9%) were confirmed measles cases (Table 1). The number of samples submitted, number, and % tested positive are shown in Figure 1. From epidemiological week 40 of …
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South African Measles Outbreak 2023 ( 12 January)
From epidemiological week 40, 2022 (ending 8 October 2022) to mid-week 01, 2023 (ending 07 January 2023) the NICD has tested 2349 serum samples for measles of which 371 (15,7%) were confirmed measles cases (Table 1). From epidemiological week 40 of 2022 to 01 of 2023, a total of 357 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported from five …
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MEASLES OUTBREAK UPDATE (06 JANUARY 2023)
Since week 40, 2022 NICD has tested 2252 serum samples for measles antibodies, of which 318 (14%) have tested positive. The positivity rate has exceeded 20% for weeks 49 and 50 of 2022. The numbers of positive specimens collected from epidemiological week 40 (ending 8 October 2022) to epidemiological week 52 (ending 31 December 2022) …
Measles Outbreak Update (29 December 2022)
In total, 297 cases of laboratory-confirmed measles cases have been reported in South Africa for specimens collected from epidemiological week 40 (ending 8 October 2022) to epidemiological week 51 (ending 24 December 2022) across all provinces (Table 1). From epidemiological week 40 to mid-week 51, 2022, a total of 285 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported from five …
