NATIONAL NEWS - Two people have died from listeriosis in the Southern Cape.
This brings to 63 people who've died from the disease nationally.
There have been six laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease in the Eden district.
The exact source of a countrywide listeriosis outbreak remains a mystery.
Some 727 cases have been recorded across the country.
Western Cape Health Department spokesperson Nadia Ferreira says: “There has been six laboratory-confirmed cases of listeriosis in the Eden district, of which two people have died. These cases are spread across the district and not contained to one small geographical area.”
Listeria death toll now at 63
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Posted on: 12:54 Fri, 26 January 2018
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