South Africa confirms first case of coronovirus
South Africa’s health minister, Zweli Mkhize, confirmed the case. He said the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that “a suspected case of Covid-19 has tested positive.”
“The patient consulted a private general practitioner on March 3, with symptoms of fever, headache, malaise, a sore throat and a cough. The practice nurse took swabs and delivered it to the lab.” Mr Mkhize further said, “the tracer team has been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal with epidemiologists and clinicians from NCID. The doctor has been self-isolated as well.
According to South Africa’s Time Live, “more light will be shed on the case in a media briefing after a slated parliamentary debate$.South Africa is the fifth African country to confirm a case of coronovirus. Other countries are Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Tunisia and Senegal.Egypt’s health ministry said that both patients are foreign nationals.
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