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Diphtheria Situational Report (Week 10 Of 2025)

Summary by NICD
Between 1 January 2024 and 9 March 2025, 31 confirmed cases of respiratory diphtheria and 38 asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic C. diphtheriae, detected during contact tracing, have been identified in South Africa. The majority of confirmed cases and carriers (93%, 64/69) were from the Western Cape, comprising 28 respiratory diphtheria cases and 36 asymptomatic carriers. The median age of cases of confirmed respiratory diphtheria was 31 years (r…
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NICD broke the news in on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
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