National health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize is to visit Hilton outside Pietermaritzburg on Friday after confirmation that the person with the country's first confirmed coronavirus case is from the town
Mkhize announced on Thursday that the country's patient zero tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from a trip to Italy with his wife and eight others. The 38-year-old man returned to SA on March 1 and visited his GP on March 3 after complaining of fever, headaches, a sore throat and a cough. On Thursday, private school Cowan House announced that it would be closed on Friday after confirmation that a parent of one of its pupils had been confirmed positive for the virus.
the National Institute for Communicable Diseases . Their advice has been that it is unnecessary to close the school. However, due to the lack of clarity and uncertainty at this point, we have taken the conservative decision to close Cowan House tomorrow, Friday 6 March 2020. “All extra-curricular weekend activities including sport will be cancelled. This will afford us the time and opportunity to obtain additional advice and guidance. We do not wish to create alarm or unnecessary concern, but feel a conservative action is appropriate under these circumstances.”
Health spokesperson Popo Maja said that the minister of health, KZN MECs for health and education and the National Institute for Communicable Disease will be meeting the Cowan House board and management on Friday.He said after the private meeting with the school management, the minister and team would hold a media briefing to update the public on the developments.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in South Africa on March 5 2020. Speaking at a media briefing in Cape Town, the minister said that a 38-year-old man who tested positive for Covid-19 is a South African citizen who travelled through OR Tambo International Airport and took a connecting flight to KwaZulu-Natal. For more on this story: https://www.timeslive.co.
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