Twenty-nine deaths have occurred in the province since early last year.
The provincial health department says that 88 of the cases were picked up in the Cape Town metro.
Continue reading…
The Western Cape Health Department has confirmed 115 cases of listeriosis in the province.
Posted on 1 Comment
Listeriosis outbreak: Hunt for a killer bug
Posted on Leave a comment
It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
The medical scientists at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) have been trying to find the source of the listeriosis outbreak, but the haystack seems to grow larger by the day.
With over 900 cases confirmed through laboratory tests, the food-borne disease has so far claimed 172 lives across the country.
Continue reading…
Listeria outbreak: Why your back-to-school lunch box staples may be dangerous
Posted on Leave a comment
Worried your child could be at risk of contracting the bug as they head back to school? You might have to leave polony off the menu. South Africa’s ongoing spate of listeria cases has claimed more than 60 lives in what the World Health Organisation (WHO) is now calling the world’s biggest outbreak of the..
Continue reading…