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November 14, 2019
SouthAfrican National Institute for Communicable Diseases, NICD ash dismissedreported outbreak of any Ebola cases in the country or neighbouring countries.
Theinstitute was reacting to media reports that a South African woman, staying inFicksburg not far from neighbouring country Lesotho, was confirmed as the firstcase of Ebola in the country.
Itadded that the biosafety level-4 Lab has not been requested to test suspectedEbola cases for any neighbouring countries. They stated that the incident was afield simulation exercise to test Lesotho’s preparedness to handle the disease.
Theinstitute noted that South Africa has strong Ebola response systems that are inplace, should there be a suspected case and chances of reaching South Africaare very slim.