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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says there “is no need for the public to panic” because the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease “outbreak remains under control.”

KwaZulu-Natal started recording cases of HFMD in early February. The first confirmed cases were in schools in the northern parts of the province in the Phoenix area in Durban.

The health department has since called for calm as the number of cases has surged to 195. Here’s all you need to know.

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NICD explained in a statement issued on 18 February 2025, that the institute was working together with the health department in monitoring the current situation.

It’s also “providing necessary support to the province to contain the spread of this fairly common viral infection, which mainly affects infants and children.”

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