# The Eastern Cape Department of Health is investigating 111 cases of gastroenteritis reported among students and staff at Rhodes University in Makhanda. Affected individuals began presenting with diarrhoea, stomach cramps, vomiting, and fever this past weekend. The department’s spokesperson, Siyanda Manana, says preliminary water tests conducted at the university have raised contamination concerns, detecting high coliform counts, the presence of E. coli, and low chlorine levels:
Eastern Cape Health Department is probing a gastroenteritis outbreak at Rhodes University [SOUND]
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