WorldAfricaSouth Africa: Measles outbreak - Update

South Africa: Measles outbreak – Update

Type of event:
Disease/Outbreak
Threat LensBiologicalWorldAfrica
By Arianna Sottile

Victims

Wounded

6634

Date

August 27, 2023

What happened

According to the WHO “Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other Emergencies” (Week 34: 21 – 27 August 2023), a total of 1.130 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported from eight provinces with declared Measles outbreaks in Limpopo (516 cases), Mpumalanga (113 cases), North West (218 cases), Gauteng (185 cases), Free State (33 cases), Western Cape (18), KwaZulu-Natal (31) and Northern Cape (7).

Where it happened

Main sources

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/372811/OEW34-2127082023.pdf

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