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In-depth: Why is there hardly any flu in SA this year?

Adele Baleta Share While Covid-19 cases are surging in South Africa off the back of the dominant Delta variant, the flu virus has virtually vanished. Only 50 influenza cases have been detected so far this year through the influenza monitoring system. With very little flu circulating there were no deaths due to influenza identified so far this year, surveillance shows. This is a dramatic difference from pre-Covid times. The influenza virus usually claims around 11 000 lives per year in South Africa with around 40 000 people hospitalised. Initially, there were concerns that the effects of a “twindemic” - influenza coupled with Covid-19 - would overburden the health system but the significant absence of

IEC inquiry to determine if elections can go ahead in October gets underway

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