AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoWater Safety: A gastrointestinal illness outbreak in Tshwane has sickened 408 people, most of them children under four, after Bronkhorstspruit water went unchlorinated for three weeks. Authorities say contaminated water is the likely source, while residents say they were not warned. Mpox: Four new cases bring South Africa’s 2026 total to 26; 18 are in the Western Cape, where most cases are linked to local transmission. Care Under Pressure: Johannesburg power cuts are disrupting nebuliser treatment for three children with bronchitis, while the Western Cape has issued an urgent appeal over continuing medicine supply problems. Patient Safety: Authorities have tightened rules on weight-loss drugs amid warnings that illegal jabs are being sold through gyms and salons. Separately, police rescued nearly 200 people, including children, from a suspected unregistered rehabilitation centre where some were reportedly held in chains. Medicine Costs: Rising medicine prices are adding pressure to medical schemes, with reported increases driving an estimated R1-billion bill.
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