Total number of Covid-19 cases recorded in SA stands at 13, says health minister Zweli Mkhize
President Cyril Ramaphosa and health minister Zweli Mkhize address a media briefing at OR Tambo International airport on coronavirus containment procedures, March 10 2020. Picture: PRESIDENCYZA/Twitter
The virus has raced around the world, battering financial markets and disrupting global supply chains. By Wednesday, the virus had sickened more than 121,000 people and killed about 4,360 in more than 118 countries and territories, including 11 African nations, according to the Johns Hopkins tracker.
The Gauteng patients are a 33-year-old woman who travelled to Italy and returned to SA on March 1; a couple — a 34-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman — who travelled together to Germany and returned on March 9; and a 57-year-old man who travelled to Austria and Italy and returned to SA on March 9.
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