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The South African outbreak is thought to originate from two sisters that introduced it into the country after visiting Chinsapo in Malawi. [4] The initial cases were isolated to Gauteng. [5] As of 21 January 2024, 1499 (or 1395) [3] new suspected cholera cases were reported across all 9 provinces. [6]
Travel restrictions reduced the spread of the virus, but because they were first implemented after community spread had established in several countries in distant parts of the world—they produced only a modest reduction in the total number of people infected. Travel restrictions may be most important at the start and end of the pandemic. [3]
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A travel warning, travel alert, or travel advisory is an official warning statement issued by government agencies to provide information about the relative safety of travelling to or visiting one or more specific foreign countries or destinations. [1]
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa was part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().. On 5 March 2020, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize had confirmed the spread of the virus to South Africa, with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from Italy. [4]
A level three travel advisory asks citizens to seriously reconsider travel. On the site, it blatantly says to “avoid travel due to serious risks to safety and security.”
Tourists taking in the view of Cape Town and Table Mountain from Robben Island. South Africa is a tourist destination with the tourist industry accounting for 2.34% of GDP [1] in 2019 followed by a sharp drop in 2020 to 0.81% of GDP [1] due to lack of travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.