The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says it is taking measures to prevent the outbreak of bubonic plague in humans after a dead rat, found in an informal settlement in Mayibuye in Tembisa, tested positive for plague antibodies on 16 March, GroundUp reports. The NICD, together with environmental health services, made the plague discovery after collecting samples for a monitoring programme that tests for various rodent-borne diseases including plague.<\/p>\n
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