NICD warns parents as Rotavirus cases rise in Pretoria
“Rotavirus diarrhoea is very common, most children will have an infection by two years of age, and it is specifically bad because children experience a sort of profuse watery diarrhoea, and the biggest danger with this is that they dehydrate and the dehydration can be deadly.
The institute has noted a sharp increase of Rotavirus cases in Pretoria, with one fatality reported so far.
Our surveillance indicates that the 2026 rotavirus season is underway, with a sharp increase in rotavirus cases reported in Pretoria.
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