The KwaZulu-Natal man who tested positive for the coronavirus, says he’s feeling much better. The Witness reported that the 38-year-old married father of two said “the worst is over”. The man’s wife and kids are not showing any symptoms yet and are taking necessary precautions. The patient and his wife were part of a group of 10 people who arrived back in South Africa from Italy on 1 March. He told The Witness that his eight friends have also been isolated. The man consulted a private general practitioner with a fever, headache, sore throat and a cough.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans not to panic, but warned of the potential impact on the country’s struggling economy. The government will demonstrate its seriousness in terms of dealing with this matter,” he told the media at an airforce base in the capital Pretoria.
“We are just at the beginning of this,” he said, warning “it will turn out to be a national crisis”. Government is preparing to repatriate 184 of its citizens comprising students, teachers and other professionals working in China’s Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic.
More than 90,000 people have been infected and over 3,000 killed worldwide since the virus first emerged in China in December.
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In other news – SA reacts to first confirmed coronavirus case #CoronaVirusSA
Mzansi people do not rest, in less than an hour after the first confirmed coronavirus case was announced, #CoronaVirusSA was trending on Twitter.
The first case of coronavirus in the country was confirmed on Thursday. A 38-year-old man who returned home from Italy began experiencing symptoms days after he arrived, Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, said. His family has been quarantined. Read more
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