Coronavirus: red flags over shortage of SA specialists
SA has a shortage of infectious disease specialists, which could limit the ability to contain the spread in the case of an outbreak
13 February 2020 - 05:00
On Sunday, SA’s ability to manage the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was tested again: a traveller from Shanghai arrived at OR Tambo International Airport in Joburg with a fever.
Emergency response plans kicked into gear. Officials took samples to test for the virus. The patient was spirited away to the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and placed under quarantine; the test results, available on Monday, were negative for the virus.
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