South Africa – Listeriosis outbreak’s getting worse

News24

The Listeriosis outbreak is causing widespread panic and leaving death in its wake. And yet The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is yet to determine the source of the food-borne Listeriosis outbreak that has reached 748 laboratory-confirmed cases.

On Friday the institute said 67 people had been confirmed dead from the outbreak gripping the country which surfaced early last month and affects all nine provinces.

This week, Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, gave a situational update of the outbreak, revealing that since the last briefing held in December, cases rose from 527 in December to 748 by Friday.

 

Leave a comment