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Weekly measles and rubella situation report (week 10 of 2026)
Measles and rubella surveillance data and analyses are updated daily and reported weekly.
The national measles surveillance has detected an increase in measles cases countrywide. Data available (accessed 11 March 2026) from 29 December 2025 to 08 March 2026 (ISO Weeks 1-10) indicated that 556 laboratory-confirmed measles cases were reported nationally. In the previous week, the Western Cape reported the highest number of new cases (34), followed by Mpumalanga (7), Northern Cape (7), Gauteng (6), Limpopo (5), Free State (3), and Eastern Cape (3).
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