The first five people who tested positive in the Free State had travelled from abroad and attended a religious gathering.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in SA is now 202, with seven cases in the Free State, which recorded itsHealth minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Friday that Gauteng had 33 cases, the Western Cape 11 and KwaZulu-Natal seven.first five people who tested positive in the Free State had travelled from abroad and attended a religious gathering. They are in isolation in a local bed and breakfast., the government said there were 150 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country.
Mkhize told a #CoronaVirusUpdate news conference in the Free State that leaders in society must not fear the virus, but the country needs to be realistic about it. He said scientists estimated that 60% of the population would be affected by the virus at some point, but not all at the same time."The virus is going to be with us for quite a while. It will be one of those viruses that our bodies will have to build new immunities to face," he said.
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