Classes cancelled at Cowan House School amid virus fears eNCA
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is expected to meet with the management of the school on Friday.
School board chairperson Andrew Barnes said the closure of the school is a precautionary measure as the children of an infected patient are pupils at Cowan House."We have been informed by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases that there is a very slim chance of any kind of infection. We have closed the school until further notice," said Barnes.
The 38-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man, who's the first in South Africa to be confirmed with the coronavirus, says he developed symptoms after returning from a skiing trip in Italy.
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