The patient is a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy with his wife. They were part of a group of 10 people and they arrived back in South Africa on March 1, 2020.
#COVID19
Deze collectie tonen
FIRST CASE OF COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS REPORTED IN SA
Fellow South Africans
This morning, Thursday March 5, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that a suspected case of COVID-19 has tested positive.
#COVID19
-
-
-
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.
#COVID19Deze collectie tonen -
The patient has been self-isolating since March 3. The couple also has two children. The Emergency Operating Centre (EOC) has identified the contacts by interviewing the patient and doctor.
#COVID19Deze collectie tonen -
The tracer team has been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal with epidemiologists and clinicians from NICD. The doctor has been self-isolated as well.
#COVID19Deze collectie tonen -
This media briefing is to ensure that the public is immediately kept abreast. A press briefing will be held later after the parliamentary debate this evening, to shed more light on this issue. Dr Zweli Mkhize Minister of Health RSA End...
#COVID19Deze collectie tonen
Einde van gesprek
Nieuw gesprek -
-
-
You've been working tirelessly to get the disease here .... congratulations
-
Now they will write to America asking for Aid money !!
Einde van gesprek
Nieuw gesprek -
-
-
Can we trust the screening at the entry points?
please screen the rest of his family, because sizobakwiDog -
Its useless, obviously he made contact with them, with friends and their children made contact with other children in the school so its a disaster.
#EndOfTheWorld - Nog 3 antwoorden
Nieuw gesprek -
-
-
Your screening failed us at the port of entry.
-
The symptoms are delayed bafo..
- Nog 4 antwoorden
Nieuw gesprek -
Het laden lijkt wat langer te duren.
Twitter is mogelijk overbelast of ondervindt een tijdelijke onderbreking. Probeer het opnieuw of bekijk de Twitter-status voor meer informatie.