A year on from Patient Zero, 5 lessons we ve learnt Updated
Andrew Robertson
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Andrew Robertson
On the 5th March 2020, the Health Department released information on patient zero, a father of two from Hilton, near Maritzburg.
The country s top advisor on COVID-19, Professor Salim Abdool Karim says during the first month of the outbreak he was very concerned about hospital treatment for coronavirus patients.
But he says patient zero, who was 38 at the time gave the country hope.
Co-chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19, Prof Salim Abdool Karim is giving a presentation on the virus in SA - reflecting on the past year since we detected the first Covid-19 case in SA. pic.twitter.com/yjuHsN8wJj ECR Newswatch (@ECR Newswatch) March 4, 2021