The first local transmission and first case in the Free State province was also announced, but withdrawn later in the day by the NICD who confirmed that the case's test result was in fact negative. 3 new cases were announced on 12 March, including the first case in Mpumalanga province. The first case was confirmed in the Western Cape province. On 11 March 6 new cases were reported, with 1 case from the same travel group from Italy, while the other 5 cases appear unrelated having travel histories to other European countries. On 7 March, it was announced that a woman from the same travel group from Italy, returning to Gauteng, also tested positive. On 5 March the Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, announced the first confirmed case, epidemiologists and clinicians from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) were deployed to KwaZulu-Natal in response On 15 March 2020, the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, declared a national state of disaster, and the patient went to Grey's Hospital in Pietermaritzburg. On 3 March, the patient reported with symptoms to a private general practitioner and isolated himself the doctor isolated herself as well. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng and King Shaka International Airport in Durban to Hilton. On 1 March 2020, the first patient later confirmed with COVID-19 in South Africa, returned with his wife and 8 others from the Milan, Italy, travelling via Dubai, O. Since that date the pandemic has hit the country in four waves.įirst wave: March 2020 – November 2020 March 2020 This article is about the timeline of events during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa which was part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that was first recorded in South Africa on 1 March 2020.
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