3月3日,患者向一家私人診所內的普通科醫生講述了自己的症狀,之後他進行自我隔離,而相關醫生亦進行自我隔離。 3月5日,衛生部長(英语:Ministerof Health (SouthAfrica))茲維里·麥凱赫茲(英语:Zweli Mkhize)宣布,該男子證實確診2019冠狀病毒病,是南非首宗個案。作為回應
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