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Authorities move against measles threat

infectious Disease spreads to 4 provinces

While the country is in the grip of a measles outbreak, authorities and experts insist that schools will remain open.

The National Department of Health, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) have been working together to prevent an extensive spread of the highly contagious virus which first reared its head last year.

No fatalities have been recorded to date. Gauteng province reported 47 measles cases with 33 cases in the

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