EPISODE · May 22, 2026 · 8 MIN
NICD's Dr. Kerrigan McCarthy urges calm over poliovirus detection.
from Update@Noon · host SAfm
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has detected two polio virus strains in wastewater samples from a treatment plant in Cape Town, Western Cape. The detection is part of the NICD's routine environmental and wastewater testing aimed at proactive, population-wide disease tracking. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to a pathologist at the Centre for Vaccines and Immunology at NICD, Dr Kerrigan McCarthy.
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NICD's Dr. Kerrigan McCarthy urges calm over poliovirus detection.
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