7/31/2023 0 Comments Lockdown timeline south africaįollowing a funeral on 21 March in KwaDwesi attended by 1200 mourners, at least 45 persons (31 women and 14 men) contracted COVID-19 and at least one person died. Tambo International Airport instituted isolation of foreigners on arrival and returning them to their countries of origin. The Eastern Cape reported its first case one day later. Of the seven cases, five were from abroad ( Israel, France and Texas) who had congregated in Bloemfontein for a prayer breakfast attended by 859 people. On 20 March, the Free State province recorded seven cases, becoming the sixth of South Africa's nine provinces to be infected. On 19 March, the Health Minister suggested that two-thirds of the South African population could contract the virus, a prediction in line with Europe's estimates on population infection. On the next day, 18 March, the first confirmed case of local transmission in Mpumalanga was announced by government labs. The day thereafter, on 17 March, the first confirmed cases of local transmission were announced by government labs, 4 in Gauteng, 3 in KwaZulu-Natal, and 1 in the Western Cape. On 15 March, the first local transmissions, not yet confirmed by government labs, were announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa and the following day, the first confirmed case from Limpopo province was announced. The first local transmission and first case in the Free State province was also announced, but withdrawn later in the day by the NICD who confirmed that the case's test result was in fact negative. 3 new cases were announced on 12 March, including the first case in Mpumalanga province. The first case was confirmed in the Western Cape province. On 11 March 6 new cases were reported, with 1 case from the same travel group from Italy, while the other 5 cases appear unrelated having travel histories to other European countries. On 7 March, it was announced that a woman from the same travel group from Italy, returning to Gauteng, also tested positive. On 5 March the Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, announced the first confirmed case, epidemiologists and clinicians from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) were deployed to KwaZulu-Natal in response On 15 March 2020, the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, declared a national state of disaster, and the patient went to Grey's Hospital in Pietermaritzburg. On 3 March, the patient reported with symptoms to a private general practitioner and isolated himself the doctor isolated herself as well. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng and King Shaka International Airport in Durban to Hilton. On 1 March 2020, the first patient later confirmed with COVID-19 in South Africa, returned with his wife and 8 others from the Milan, Italy, travelling via Dubai, O. Since that date the pandemic has hit the country in four waves.įirst wave: March 2020 – November 2020 March 2020 This article is about the timeline of events during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa which was part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that was first recorded in South Africa on 1 March 2020. ^ The Health Department announced on 1 August 2022 that daily figures would no longer be reported.^ Positive antigen tests are included from 23 November 2021 including 17 718 retrospective cases.
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