Gauteng health department confirms first Covid-19 case in Alexandra
ALEXANDRA – The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that five people are currently in quarantine after being in close contact with the confirmed case.
The Gauteng Department of Health has tracked down a man, who has since tested positive for Covid-19, who ignored their call to self-isolate and travelled from Alex to Limpopo.
The department said in a statement, “The department can confirm that there are five people who are currently under quarantine after being in close contact with a confirmed case. The confirmed case tested and was instructed to remain under self-isolation while awaiting results.”
The department, with the help of tracer workers and law enforcement, tracked the confirmed case to Limpopo. “He had disregarded an instruction and travelled outside of the province last week before the lockdown.”
The man is currently in self-isolation at a health facility in Limpopo.
Authorities have tracked known close contacts. They have been tested and are in quarantine, pending the results. The tracking team is still tracing other possible contacts.
One of the media liaisons for the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Sinenhalanla Jimoh, said, “NICD does not confirm or comment on individual cases. A report on the confirmed cases is released on a daily basis in due time.”
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