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Diphtheria situational report (week 23 of 2025)

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Between 01 January 2024 and 08 June 2025, 58 confirmed cases of respiratory diphtheria, 1 probable respiratory diphtheria case and 48 asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic C. diphtheriae detected during contact tracing, have been identified in South Africa. The majority of confirmed cases and carriers (69%, 74/106) were from the Western Cape, comprising 36 respiratory diphtheria cases and 38 asymptomatic carriers. The median age for cases of confir…
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Diphtheria situational report (week 23 of 2025)

Between 01 January 2024 and 08 June 2025, 58 confirmed cases of respiratory diphtheria, 1 probable respiratory diphtheria case and 48 asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic C. diphtheriae detected during contact tracing, have been identified in South Africa. The majority of confirmed cases and carriers (69%, 74/106) were from the Western Cape, comprising 36 respiratory diphtheria cases and 38 asymptomatic carriers. The median age for cases of confir…

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NICD broke the news in on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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