Covid_19 “The patient consulted a private general practitioner on March 3, with symptoms of fever, headache, malaise, a sore throat and a cough.”
On Thursday, the health ministry confirmed four new Covid-19 infections after testing more than 500 people, bringing the number of confirmed cases in SA to 17A 38-year-old man visited Italy with his wife in February.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize confirmed the man, from KwaZulu-Natal, tested positive for the virus soon after returning.“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 these to the testing laboratory,” Mkhize said.
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