'We don’t know how this is going to behave, particularly in vulnerable populations,” SA Medical Association chair Angelique Coetzee said.
Metered taxi drivers pose for a photograph outside the International arrivals at OR Tambo Airports Company South Africa in Johannesburg increase measures to detect symptoms of coronavirus from passengers who travel through all its airports, 6 March 2019. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
As the fear of being infected by the coronavirus builds, OR Tambo International Airport’s workers shuffle about in full protective gear as the airport’s management prepares ahead of the epidemic. The virus has infected more than 100,000 people globally, leaving 3,400 deaths in its wake by the time of going to print – the majority occurring in China. SA’s first case was reported in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday: a man returning from Italy in a group of 10.
The virus has infected more than 100,000 people globally, leaving 3,400 deaths in its wake by the time of going to print – the majority occurring in China. SA Medical Association chair Angelique Coetzee told Saturday Citizen she was surprised it did not come sooner, considering its rapid worldwide spread.
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