20 Jul 2021
Preparing for epidemics in South Africa
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) explains how the “novel coronavirus has a possible zoonotic origin”. ‘Zoonotic’ refers to infectious diseases caused by pathogens on animals that then jump over to humans. This public information on COVID-19 doesn’t even begin to touch on the extensive amount of operational work, research and development happening in...
