The first case of the novel coronavirus in South Africa has been diagnosed, the country's health minister announced Thursday.
Johannesburg The first case of the novel coronavirus in South Africa has been diagnosed, the country's health minister announced Thursday.
African countries are at severe risk if outbreaks aren't detected early and contained, says Africa CDC headThe patient, a 38-year-old man, is part of a group of 10 people, including the man's wife, that returned March 1 to South Africa from Italy, Dr. Zweli Mkhize said in a statement.The patient went to a general practitioner on March 3 with fever, headache, malaise, sore throat and cough, Mkhize said. A nurse took a swab, and it was delivered to a lab.
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