National Department of Health spokesperson Foster Mohale says reports about two confirmed cases of cholera in the North West province on Tuesday, actually fall under Gauteng stats.
This follows earlier reports confirming that laboratory cases of two males, aged 38 and 68, from the Madibeng and Morelete Local Municipalities., has rattled South Africans. Some of the common symptoms include diarrhoea, cramps, nausea, vomiting and low-grade fever.
According to the Health Department, individuals generally become ill 12 to 48 hours after exposure to the cholera bacteria.“I can confirm that the two laboratory cases announced by our counterparts in NW, it was discovered that the cases they referred to were already under Gauteng because the two patients were screened, tested and diagnosed with cholera while they were in Gauteng.
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