Listeriosis — South Africa
A listeriosis outbreak is causing widespread panic and leaving death in its wake, but the National Institute for Communicable Diseases [NICD] is yet to determine the source of the food-borne listeriosis outbreak that has reached 748 laboratory-confirmed cases.
On Friday [12 Jan 2018], the institute said 67 people had been confirmed dead from the outbreak gripping the country, which surfaced early last month [December 2017] and affects all 9 provinces.
This week, Health Minister Aaron
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