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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]
On 5 March 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced in South Africa, by a passenger returning from Italy. This resulted in President Cyril Ramaphosa declaring a national state of disaster on 15 March 2020 and the implementation of the national lockdown beginning on 26 March [ 190 ] [ 191 ]
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Experts say the true toll of the pandemic worldwide is much higher than confirmed cases, due to limited testing and other reasons. South Africa hits 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Skip to ...
On 6 August, the Head of WHO claimed economic recovery all over the world could come quicker if there was COVID-19 vaccine available to all. [5] On 21 August, UNICEF and WHO urged the governments in Africa reopen schools. [6] On 22 August, the head of WHO claimed he hopes COVID-19 would be over in less than two years. [7]
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the French overseas department and region of Mayotte was reported on 13 March 2020. [66] On 31 March the first person died of COVID-19. [67] The single hospital in Mayotte was overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients in February 2021. The French army sent in medical workers and a few ICU beds, but it is not ...
Screenshot of a template on the English Wikipedia displaying a collection of articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as of 3 April 2021. A year after its first creation, the main COVID-19 pandemic Wikipedia article in English had become the 34th most viewed article on the website of all time, with almost 32,000 inbound links from other articles, according to The New Republic. [2]