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Gauteng metros are on high alert amid fears of possible outbreaks of typhoid fever which has already been declared in the Western Cape and North West provinces.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has dismissed fake news claiming the outbreaks stem from contaminated municipal water.
The Knysna municipality says its water is safe to drink and that there is no outbreak of typhoid in the area.
CONTRARY to social media posts circulating on various platforms, recent cases of enteric fever (typhoid) have not been linked to contaminated drinking
In the Western Cape the outbreaks are currently in the Cape Town Metro health district, the Cape Winelands and the Garden Route. In the North West, the outbreak is in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district.