KZN health says 'no panic' after swine flu death
KwaZulu-Natal health officials say there is no outbreak of
Swine flu (H1N1) in the province.
This comes after a nine-year-old Maritzburg girl died last week at a school in the province - after apparently contracting the virus.
MEC of health, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, says people should not panic but calls on schools to exercise caution.
"We are expecting the schools to isolate those cases that are affected because in about four days or so, once it has been established from zero-day to day four is till infectious, but after that, it is not infectious when it is treated correctly. But we really want to emphasise and call on everyone to exercise restrain because the moment we say it's an outbreak we are going to cause hysteria which is not sustainable."
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No influenza or 'swine flu' outbreak in SA: Health authorities
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has moved to allay fears that South Africa is experiencing an influenza outbreak, saying this is not the case. On Tuesday, the NICD released a statement saying the 2019 South African influenza season started towards the end of April and reached high levels in the Viral Watch programme.