The National Institute of Communicable of Diseases (NICD) assured South Africans that there is no typhoid outbreak in Johannesburg.
Four cases of typhoid including one death, were confirmed in Johannesburg over the past week. NICD said this prompted a rapid investigation by the Gauteng department of Health.
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