💉 The Measles outbreak has been declared in all the provinces in South Africa except for the Eastern Cape. Read the story ⬇️
Despite the national department of health ramping up its measles vaccine campaign, cases continue to increase across the country, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases , which recorded 40 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases in the past week.
The NICD said it tested 5 335 serum samples for measles since the outbreak last year, 865 of which were confirmed positive and the percentage of samples testing positive decreased from 22% of 255 samples tested in the previous week, compared to 14% of 214 samples last week.“ In week 11, no new cases were reported in Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces,” said the institution’s Jack Manamela.
He also said the majority of the concerns raised were more on religious grounds, “but we are satisfied with the progress made”.
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