First confirmed Covid-19 case in Alexandra township
SA records its third death from the coronavirus, which has infected 1,326 people
30 March 2020 - 19:40
The bustling Alexandra township has become the first in Johannesburg to record a confirmed case of Covid-19.
On Monday afternoon, spokesperson for the Gauteng health MEC Kwara Kekana confirmed that five people are under quarantine after being in “close contact with a confirmed case” in the impoverished township, located near the affluent Sandton suburb...
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