Botswana’s first Covid-19 victim already buried, infection toll now at four

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Botswana’s first Covid-19 victim attended a funeral in SA. Her test results were delayed and she has already been buried, bringing the country's infection toll to four.

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It emerged last night that Botswana had already recorded its first Covid-19 death, which put the country’s infection toll at four. The victim was buried this weekend.

She was admitted to hospital after she “started showing symptoms and later developed a fever on March 21”. “She was examined in the accident and emergency unit and put under mandatory quarantine where she died on March 25. Her burial was conducted with the necessary precautions taken when someone is suspected to have a highly infectious disease,” Tsogwane said.

“The patient developed a fever and cough, was short of breath and was swabbed on March 28. The patient was tested at the national health laboratory and also referred to National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa.”

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21 days Batswana in lock down , your life style will drastically change starting from liquor good thing your habit will change thanks God

Chadan that's when we see that education is of ultmost important because people still think this is a joke we might go into 3 months lockdown ..look at how Italy and Spain's infections increased in a space of 30days

Sad

Yoo! It has spread...it’s a matter of time. lockDownSouthAfrica CoronaVirusBotswana

What a mess.

This is what makes me scared. The paucity of Testing. The small number of Tested individuals. The number of asymptomatic people walking around unknowingly spreading the virus.

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