Pandor’s office squashes ‘false rumour’ regarding her self-isolation
After finding out an official she works with closely tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from a trip to Oyo in the Republic of Congo, International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor and her spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele went into self-quarantine.The official in question has also been in self-isolation since then.
The group travelled to the African headquarters of the World Health Organisation to attend a meeting of the African Union contact group on Libya. Congo reportedly recorded its first Covid-19 case on March 15. He went on to explain that the current requirements were self-isolation by contacts and test[ing] in event of symptoms.
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