SA's explosive cocktail: coronavirus and Aids
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Timeline: A month of coronavirus in SA
On 5 March 2020, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced the first case of coronavirus in South Africa. As of midday on 6 April 2020 - a month later, we stand at 1,655 cases and we're in a period of lockdown. This is a timeline of the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa.
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China pauses in memory of virus victims and 'martyrs'
Citizens paused, cars, trains, and ships sounded their horns, and air-raid sirens rang out in memory of the more than 3,000 lives claimed by the virus in China.
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China reports 1,300 asymptomatic virus cases after public concern
Of 36 new cases reported on Wednesday, 35 were imported from abroad.
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Despair and pride in China's Wuhan as coronavirus lockdown eases
That market is now boarded up, and an adjacent wholesale fruit centre is also closed with more than 100,000 yuan (11,411.78 pounds) worth of mangoes, melons and other fruit rotting outside.
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SA man repatriated from Wuhan warns nation to take lockdown seriously
Mvuyisi Nkcosolwana-Vili was in China when the city of Wuhan became the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Ramaphosa: Repatriated Wuhan group proof that lockdowns work
The group of more than 100 students will be going home to their loved ones after being quarantined at the Ranch Resort outside Polokwane for 14 days.
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China defends against incoming second wave of coronavirus
A total of 3,300 people have now died in mainland China, with a reported 81,439 infections.
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Ramaphosa declares the Ranch Resort COVID-19 ‘green zone’
The President is visiting the 112 South Africans who have been cleared to return to their families after testing negative for the coronavirus in a second series of tests since their arrival from Wuhan China on 14 March 2020.
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China's virus epicentre pivots to stem imported cases
China claims success in suppressing the virus, with official figures now routinely showing no new domestic infections.
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China virus epicentre eases travel restrictions after lockdown
Wuhan was placed under lockdown in January with residents forbidden to leave, roadblocks ring-fencing the city's outskirts and drastic restrictions on daily life.
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South Africans in China: Normalcy returning, you just have to listen to govt
Following the coronavirus outbreak in China at the beginning of 2020, several countries around the world have been forced to go on lockdown in an attempt to stop the virus from spreading. EWN spoke to South African citizens who chose to stay in China despite being at the original epicentre of the virus outbreak.
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Wuhan lockdown bought health systems vital time: study
With roughly three billion people currently advised to stay at home amid the pandemic, a study published in 'The Lancet Public Health' examined what the rest of the world can learn from Wuhan.
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China to lift travel curbs on Hubei province, including Wuhan
After two months living with draconian curbs on daily life, residents will be allowed to leave Hubei from midnight Tuesday if healthy, said provincial authorities.
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Back to work in China virus epicentre as restrictions eased
Wuhan residents considered healthy can move around the city and take the bus or metro so long as they show ID, officials said.
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Wuhan recovery gives hope to rest of world: WHO
'Yesterday, Wuhan reported no new cases for the first time since the outbreak started,' WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference.
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China reports zero locally transmitted coronavirus infections
China reported its first day of no new domestic cases since the outbreak started all new cases were imported from abroad.
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As world cowers, China glimpses coronavirus aftermath
As the rest of the world runs for cover, China - where the virus first emerged - is moving, guardedly, in the opposite direction as domestic infections fall to nil following unprecedented lockdowns and travel restrictions.
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China says it's ready to help SA fight spread of COVID-19
The Chinese embassy in Pretoria said that the country stood ready to help South Africa within its capacity during the state of disaster declared by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
