So far all the South African cases are among people who have travelled outside SA
SA has confirmed its first case of coronavirus in a child, a 14-year old from the Western Cape.
The novel coronavirus, which emerged in China in December, causes a potentially severe respiratory disease called Covid-19. “In view of the rising numbers, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an urgent cabinet meeting to be held on Sunday. This meeting will explore ways of intensifying the country’s response to this outbreak,” Mkhize said in a statement.
In a separate statement issued shortly after the Minister’s announcement, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said it was streamlining the process for testing patients, and doctors would no longer needed to contact it for approval before ordering tests as long as they applied its case definition . Its move is in anticipation of an increased demand for tests.
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