NATIONAL NEWS - The Western Cape Health Department has confirmed 115 cases of listeriosis in the province.
Twenty-nine deaths have occurred in the province since early last year.
The provincial health department says that 88 of the cases were picked up in the Cape Town metro.
MEC for Health, Nomafrench Mbombo, says that officials are on high alert.
"It remains a notifiable disease until declared otherwise. We urge the public to look for signs and symptoms of listeriosis."
The source of the countrywide outbreak has been found.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi confirmed that the outbreak has been traced to Enterprise Foods facilities in Germiston and Polokwane.
The deadly bacterium was also detected at a Rainbow Chicken facility in the Free State.
Western Cape: 115 cases of listeriosis confirmed
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Posted on: 14:55 Mon, 05 March 2018
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