Ramaphosa pleased with SA’s preparedness to deal with coronavirus
President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the media on how the government is handling the first case of coronavirus in South Africa.says he is satisfied with the country’s preparedness to deal with the outbreak of the coronavirus . The country has now recorded its first positive case of a man who travelled from Italy.
A 38-year-old man in KwaZulu-Natal, who travelled to Italy with his wife, was part of a group of 10 people who arrived back in South Africa on 1 March. The other travellers are now being traced. He made the comments as he was closing the debate in the national assembly on South Africa’s readiness to deal with the virus.
“This is like any other flu-like illness which is a communicable disease by the spread of droplets. So if you can make sure when you sneeze, when you cough we cough into a handkerchief or an elbow you just don’t cough openly where any other person can get what is coming from you. Do this in any other form of illness either than coronavirus?”Wits University medical expert on climate and viruses, Matthew Chersich says warm weather in South Africa could slow down the spread of the coronavirus.
Zikalala says the province will be able to deal with cases of the virus. “We have taken alert on the issue of coronavirus and we want to update our people. We wish to assure the people of KwaZulu-Natal that government is ready to deal effectively with a potential coronavirus threat. We have placed on alert the following hospitals; Greys, Addington, Ngwelezane, and Manguzi Hospital.
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