Illustration of a hantavirus testing concept with laboratory tubes containing cotton swabs and HANTAVIRUS labels alongside rat silhouettes in the background evoking rodent-borne transmission, photographed in Paris, France, on 4 May 2026.

File: A general view of the the logo of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton, South Africa. 

Officials say more than 100 millimetres of rain fell across the region. eNCA/Nobesuthu Hejana