Botswana’s first Covid-19 victim attended a funeral in SA. Her test results were delayed and she has already been buried, bringing the country's infection toll to four.
It emerged last night that Botswana had already recorded its first Covid-19 death, which put the country’s infection toll at four. The victim was buried this weekend.
She was admitted to hospital after she “started showing symptoms and later developed a fever on March 21”. “She was examined in the accident and emergency unit and put under mandatory quarantine where she died on March 25. Her burial was conducted with the necessary precautions taken when someone is suspected to have a highly infectious disease,” Tsogwane said.
“The patient developed a fever and cough, was short of breath and was swabbed on March 28. The patient was tested at the national health laboratory and also referred to National Institute of Communicable Diseases in South Africa.”
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