Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize briefs media about South Africa's plans to fight the coronavirus before it reaches our shores, at the Southern Sun OR Tambo in Kempton Park, 1 March 2020. Picture: Neil McCartneyKwaZulu-Natal health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu says the department in the province has asked 18 close contacts of the coronavirus patient to self-quarantine as they wait for their test results.
A 38-year-old businessman tested positive, but reportedly said on Friday that he was already feeling much better after being sent home by his doctor to self-quarantine. Government officials and parents at Cowan House Preparatory School in Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands met at the school, as the infected man is one of the school’s parents.Mkhize said the department would not cancel the school’s operations.“We will be able to deal with it.”
Mkhize said those who were recently in close contact with the man were currently being closely monitored for any symptoms.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Self what? I doubt they will listen.... 🤔
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