{"id":381711,"date":"2020-03-14T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=381711"},"modified":"2020-03-15T06:59:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T04:59:44","slug":"coronavirus-cases-jumps-to-38-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/381711\/coronavirus-cases-jumps-to-38-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus cases jump to 38 in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of Covid-19 infections has grown to 38 in South Africa. This was confirmed by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The figures increased by 14 from Friday\u2019s confirmed number of 24.<\/p>\n<p>The health ministry, in a statement, said the patients had been informed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll information has been verified and contact tracing is underway,\u201d said the minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn view of the rising numbers, president Cyril Ramaphosa called for an urgent Cabinet meeting to be held on Sunday. This meeting will explore ways of intensifying the country\u2019s response to this outbreak,\u201d Mkhize said.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the returns of 112 citizens who were this morning repatriated from China, the Minister said the evacuees had settled at The Ranch Hotel where they will be under observation for the next 21 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow we will give an update regarding their arrival. We are prioritizing that our people settle in well. Thereafter all protocols as identified by the SANDF and the Department of Health will be properly followed and implemented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown per province is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gauteng:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 76 year-old male who had travelled to the UK and the US.<\/li>\n<li>A 72 year-old female who had travelled to the UK and the US.<\/li>\n<li>A 47 year-old male who had travelled to the UK and the US.<\/li>\n<li>A 52 year-old male who had travelled to Germany.<\/li>\n<li>A 38 year-old male who had travelled to the Netherlands and Germany.<\/li>\n<li>A 62 year-old male who had travelled to the Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>A 19 year-old female who had travelled to France and Italy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Western Cape:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 27 year-old male who had travelled to Brazil.<\/li>\n<li>A 33 year-old female who had travelled to France.<\/li>\n<li>A 49 year-old male who had travelled to France and Italy.<\/li>\n<li>A 14 year-old who had travelled to the US and Dubai.<\/li>\n<li>A 73 year-old who had travelled to the UK.<\/li>\n<li>A 32 year-old who had travelled to the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KwaZulu-Natal:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 47 year-old who had travelled to Switzerland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/381629\/12-things-every-south-african-worker-should-know-about-the-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">12 things every South African worker should know about the coronavirus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of Covid-19 infections has grown to 38 in South Africa. This was confirmed by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":381719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-381711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381711"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381731,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381711\/revisions\/381731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}