The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) published a table of recent outbreaks on their website earlier this week.
| Province | District | Number of cases |
Date of first case | Date of most recent case |
| Western Cape | City of Cape Town Metropolitan | 14* |
November 2020 | January 2022 |
| Western Cape | Cape Winelands | 11* |
July 2020 | May 2021 |
| Western Cape | Garden Route | 12* |
August 2020 | December 2021 |
| North West | Dr Kenneth Kaunda | 16* |
November 2020 | December 2021 |
| Gauteng | Tshwane | 5 |
December 2021 | February 2022 |
| Gauteng | Other | 2 |
December 2021 | February 2022 |
Case numbers with a * next to them represent cluster outbreaks.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, public interest in disease outbreaks has soared. That’s why the health authorities are doing their best to communicate the situation clearly.
As noted by some of the country’s leading experts, you may have Typhoid Fever if you come down with these symptoms:
- A persistent high temperature that gradually increases each day
- Headaches
- General aches and pains
- Abdominal pains or cramps
- Nausea and vomiting
- Extreme tiredness/fatigue
- Coughs
- Constipation
- Gastrointestinal disruption (diarrhea)