One of the commonly detected flu strains in circulation is sometimes incorrectly referred to as ‘swine flu’. The NICD said this term should not be used as it causes panic.

Flu cases surge in South Africa, prompting a Health Department warning as clusters emerge in schools and workplaces.

Diphtheria symptoms include a sore throat, breathing difficulties, and swollen glands. The Health Minister asked for vigilance.

The City of Tshwane has encouraged parents to monitor children who present symptoms of mumps as there is an outbreak.

South Africa is currently experiencing a mumps outbreak, with an increase in the number of queries about clusters noted since February.

Half of the cholera cases are local infections. The source of infection is yet to be identified, said the NICD.

The laboratory-confirmed measles cases in Cape Town were investigated and found to be unrelated to each other.

The NICD is calling for increased measles vigilance with schools reopening. 41% of the cases in SA are found in those aged between five and nine years old.

The NICD said the XBB sublineage is one of more than 200 Omicron sublineages circulating in SA. XBB.1.5 may not necessarily cause a new wave of infections due to the high levels of population immunity, among other reasons.

‘The advice we received is that there is no need to impose travel restrictions or restrictions within our borders,” said Phaahla.

‘The number of measles cases in the country is rising. Four of our nine provinces have outbreaks,’ said the NICD.

‘The number of measles cases in the country are rising. Four of our nine provinces have outbreaks,’ said the NICD on Thursday.

The number of outbreak measles cases in Limpopo and Mpumalanga continues to rise. Three people have been hospitalised since September.

The number of laboratory-confirmed measles cases has risen to 71. The outbreak recently spread to Mpumalanga from Limpopo.

An outbreak has been declared in Bushbuckridge, which shares a border with the Greater Sekhukhune and Mopani districts where the measles outbreak started.

Four more measles cases have been detected in the Greater Sekhukhune District of Limpopo. One person has been hospitalised thus far.

The NICD said immunisation data in the area showed a decrease in the uptake of both doses of the measles vaccine. To achieve herd immunity, 95% coverage is needed.

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The NICD is trying to establish if there is a link between the fifth and fourth cases. Both patients recently travelled to Spain.

The patient is a 28-year-old man from the Western Cape who returned to South Africa in the second week of August 2022.

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