Press Room



The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is a dynamic organisation, creating news in the field of diagnostic pathology and research every day. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the NHLS, also alerts healthcare authorities and workers globally about infectious disease outbreaks requiring urgent and immediate attention.

Alerts

The Outbreak Response Unit of the NICD provides support to all provinces for outbreaks of epidemic infectious diseases.

News

Scan recent information and press mentions available to keep our stakeholders on track of the daily news agenda as it unfolds, and pinpoint information specifically related to the health sector.