The number of new cases of coronavirus since Tuesday night’s announcement shot up by 31. Twenty five of them have travel history through Europe while six others have no travel history. sabcnews
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says, “I must inform the public that there was a debate with clinicians, epidemiologists [and] virologists on when we, as government must release results to the public. These experts raised an issue of an ethical obligation to immediately alert patients as soon as the results become available.
Last Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the closure of South African borders to high-risk countries such as Italy and China. In the video below, Doctor Ahmed Bam says South Africans who were repatriated from Whuhan, China have all tested negative for COVID-19:Government will on Wednesday gazette travel restrictions on all travellers from countries considered to be at high risk for the deadly coronavirus.
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