Tshwane says typhoid cases are seasonal, ‘no cause for alarm’

By Levy Masiteng

The City of Tshwane said that an increase in typhoid cases was consistent with a seasonal pattern seen during warmer months and that there was “no cause for alarm”.

The statement comes after 24 typhoid cases were reported in Hammanskraal and Bronkhorstspruit last week.

The patients, under 15 years of age, were admitted to Hammanskraal’s Jubilee Hospital.

Senior nursing manager at the hospital, Julia Aphane, said that upon arrival at the facility, the children had symptoms that included diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and dehydration.

Aphane said the symptoms were the same as those experienced by residents during the 2023 cholera outbreak in the area.

Tshwane acting executive mayor Eugene Modise said the seasonal increase in cases was not unusual.

He said that since 1 January to 31 October, a total of 48 laboratory-confirmed cases of typhoid had been reported across the Tshwane District.

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