WATCH: 7 WAYS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONA VIRUS

Published on

12 March 2020

The number of positive corona-virus cases in South Africa has increased to 17 after Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that there were 4 new cases this morning.

The cases were identified in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Free State. All patients are in self-quarantine and have mild to moderate symptoms.

Meanwhile, the Western Cape Department of Health say they do not have the test results yet of the three people who are in isolation at Tygerberg hospital, who are being tested for the Corona Virus.

The three people are unrelated to the 36 year old man from Cape Town who was announced to be the first positive case in the province yesterday.

Watch this video below to see how you can help prevent the spread of the virus:

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— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) March 12, 2020

Liesl Smit

Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm