A man from Free State contracted the virus after coming into contact with a Chinese businessman
12 March 2020 - 10:37SA has confirmed its first case of local transmission of the novel coronavirus, a 32-year old man from Free State who came into contact with a Chinese businessperson, health minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Thursday.• A 38-year-old man from Durban, who had visited the UK and returned to SA on March 7;
• A 43-year-old man from Johannesburg, who had travelled to New York via Dubai and returned to SA on March 8. The highly infectious coronavirus, which causes a potentially deadly respiratory disease called Covid-19, has rapidly spread around the world, disrupting global trade and travel, and battering stock markets. By Thursday it had sickened more than 126,000 people, and killed more than 4,640 in 116 countries and territories, according to the Johns Hopkins tracker.
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