Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says that government has taken all necessary steps to ensure that the repatriation of South Africans from China will be seamless and poses minimal risk. coronavirusupdate
to cope with any outbreak of coronavirus. The organisation says that it is working with South African authorities regarding the activation of necessary resources if required.South Africa has been classed as a priority-one country because of the large number of travellers to and from the country, among other reasons.
Technical Officer at the WHO Regional Office for Africa, Dr Mary Stephens, says they will continue to assist South Africa and other countries. “The major areas we saw challenges with regards to preparedness were the areas of infection prevention and control and also case management. What we are doing is to provide targeted support to these countries in addressing those areas with greatest need. We have deployed experts to most of the priority one countries including South Africa and a lot of the priority two countries to help them address those gaps in those critical areas where we think they need urgent support.
In the video below, health authorities say that they are ready to detect the coronavirus in South Africa.This entry was posted on 01 Mar 2020,11:00AM at 11:00 AM and is filed under
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