While the source of the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, has not yet been identified, there has been a downward trend in infections and serious illnesses. | AlexMitchley
This according to Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla, who gave an update on the outbreak on Wednesday afternoon.
"The patient is a police officer, and he was enrolled for a three-week course at the SAPS College in Hammanskraal, for which he arrived on 7 May and started on 8 May," Phaahla said.May, he complained of diarrhoea and vomiting and was taken by ambulance to Muelmed Hospital in Pretoria on 15 May 2023. Laboratory tests confirmed cholera on 15The police officer is still in ICU in a stable condition.
"By Friday, 19 May the hospital reported that 52 patients had been seen with a mixture of diarrhoea and vomiting and already by then six patients had died," Phaahla said. He added the decline in cases and serious illness could be due to the various interventions being carried out.The deployment of a specialist gastroenteritis physician to Jubilee.
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