The United Nations (UN) said 61 people have died of meningitis since January in Niger, despite mass vaccinations to prevent a possible epidemic.
Prevenar and Rotarix have emptied paediatric wards but the coverage is still too low.
The death of a 16-year-old boy from suspected meningitis at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital was ”inexcusable”, the DA said on Thursday.
There is no need to panic over the current meningitis outbreak in South Africa, the South African Medical Association said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwean refugees should not be allowed to stay in Johannesburg’s Central Methodist Church, Gauteng’s minister for local government said on Friday.
Pupils at the Willow Crescent Secondary School in Eldorado Park were given preventative meningitis medication after a teenager died on Thursday.
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/ 21 February 2009
Classes will resume at Mondeor High School following a meningitis outbreak, the Gauteng education department said on Friday.