DStv Channel 403 Wednesday, 11 December 2024

Cholera outbreak | Two cases recorded in Limpopo

Cholera outbreak Two cases recorded in Limpopo

MUSINA - The Department of Health is urging the public to be vigilant following the detection of two cholera cases in Limpopo.

Both cases are imported from Zimbabwe.

READ: Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak | SA intensifies screening

The department says the first case was confirmed in Musina after a 43-year-old male patient tested positive.

He has been discharged from hospital.

The second case is a 27-year-old man who presented at Hellen Franz Hospital.

The patient travelled to Zimbabwe last month and returned to South Africa last week.

The department says the country remains on high alert for possible imported cholera cases.

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