Pretoria - The National Department of Health has joined Tshwane district and Gauteng province to arrest the outbreak of hepatitis A.
The department urged all residents to employ good personal hygiene like washing hands with soap and water after using the toilet and before eating, as the highly-infectious disease is reported to be more prevalent in areas where hygienic and sanitary conditions are poor.
Hepatitis A is an acute, self-limiting (one that ends without treatment) disease of the liver caused by a virus. Symptoms vary from person to person depending on their age and include fever, vomiting, tiredness, loss of appetite, general body aches, yellow skin and eyes.