March 5, 2020 marks the day South Africa records her first case of COVID-19.
The virus was highly feared since it’s outbreak in China which gradually spread across the globe, becoming a pandemic.
The fast spread of the virus made Governments of different countries enforce Lockdown, as it was claimed lives and there was little or no help to cure the virus back then.
SA Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize became one of the most important social media user, as he gave a daily updates about the virus.
In December, 2020, South Africa was reported and confirmed to be the first African country to reach 1 million cases of the virus.
12:54 PM, March 5 2020, Zweli confirmed South Africa’s first case and it sent fear into the air.
“FIRST CASE OF COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS REPORTED IN SA Fellow South Africans This morning, Thursday March 5, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that a suspected case of COVID-19 has tested positive.”
“The patient is a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy with his wife. They were part of a group of 10 people and they arrived back in South Africa on March 1, 2020.”
“The patient consulted a private general practitioner on March 3, with symptoms of fever, headache, malaise, a sore throat and a cough. The practice nurse took swabs and delivered it to the lab.”
