# Government has launched an investigation into reported cases of gastrointestinal illness affecting 111 people at Rhodes University in Makhanda and 23 inmates at St Albans Correctional Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape. Those affected are experiencing symptoms including severe abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting and dehydration. Department of Water and Sanitation’s spokesperson Wisane Mavasa says laboratory test results of all the samples taken are still pending, but preliminary findings indicate that the spread is currently concentrated within the university and the prison:
Government investigates 134 gastrointestinal illness cases in the Eastern Cape [SOUND]
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