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Bottled water and hygiene advisories remain in place across campus residences

Rhodes stomach bug a mystery after food and water contamination ruled out

Health authorities find no definitive cause as gastrointestinal cases stabilise in Makhanda

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Health authorities in the Eastern Cape have ruled out food and water contamination as the cause of a gastrointestinal outbreak that affected 111 students at Rhodes University in Makhanda. Despite extensive multi-agency laboratory investigations and infrastructure checks, the definitive trigger for the illnesses remains unknown.

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