Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize reassured parents that they were not alone in feeling anxious about their children following the country's first coronavirus case being confirmed in the upmarket Midlands town.
Durban - Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Friday reassured parents at Hilton's Cowan House preparatory school that they were not alone in feeling anxious about their children following the country's first coronavirus case being confirmed in the upmarket Midlands town.
Mkhize and the representatives held a closed meeting with parents and other stakeholders at the school before opening the venue to the media. He continually emphasised that the department, at a national and provincial level, was prepared to find and tackle cases of the infection. He also cautioned against panic.
The man and his wife had flown back from Italy, via Dubai, and landed at Durban's King Shaka International Airport on Sunday. The man went to his local doctor, Hilton-based Dr. Robyn Reed, on Tuesday with flu symptoms. The doctor sent a swab to the NICD, with the results being confirmed as positive on Wednesday. Mkhize announced the confirmed case on Thursday.
Mkhize told the media briefing that Cowan House had not been closed by the department, but the school's board chairperson, Andrew Barnes, said it would be monitoring the situation, consulting with its own experts and would make a decision about staying opened or closed from there.
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