Response Teams Deployed Amid South African Listeriosis Outbreak

The City of Johannesburg has initiated an action plan to combat an outbreak of the food-borne Listeriosis bacterial disease. This comes after 345 cases were reported in Gauteng, 172 of which originated in Johannesburg.

Residents have been encouraged to wash their hands regularly to avoid contracting the disease (file photo).

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