Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19) Updates & Discussion

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Thaba Nchu is the remote part of the Free State ?

It's within viewing distance of Botshabelo, the second biggest township after Soweto !
 

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It was discussed a few pages back, apparently they'll be put somewhere in or near Thaba Nchu.

I think I did an army activity there when in Bloem, if remembering right it's a township about 50km from Bloem...
There's a Sun International there. Lekker place to be quarantined...
 

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Government is mum on the plan, but the M&G understands that senior SANDF officials visited Thaba Nchu earlier this week to assess the area for purposes of quarantine and screening people for the coronavirus. The quarantine would last for 14 days.



The hospital would be the Moroka District Hospital.


Urgent intervention required at Moroka District Hospital


At one time Dr JS Moroka Hospital was considered a top facility, locals say. It was especially well known as an excellent TB treatment facility, but that was many years ago. Today people call it a “mortuary” – you’re lucky if you come out alive, they say.
 

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SA still free of coronavirus as 133 tests come back negative

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has said that no confirmed case of Covid-19, also known as the coronavirus, has been recorded in South Africa since the global outbreak began in Wuhan in China in December last year.

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Telegram:

SOUTH AFRICA
- Total Cases: 2
- Total Deaths: 0
- Total Recovered: 0
- Serious, Critical:

Is this the two in Japan or something?

Edit: yes
 

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Is there anything to add that makes this official? Such as an official source of the tweet?

EDIT: Above edit believes it's just the Japan cases.
 

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I know of one SA woman in China that's properly sick.... dunno if it's the virus though
 

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Two South Africans on Japanese cruise ship have coronavirus
Two South Africans who were working on board the Princess Diamond cruise ship when it was affected by the coronavirus have been infected.

Lwazi Manzi, the spokesperson for health minister Zweli Mkhize, said in a statement that 12 SA crew members were working on board the ship when it was affected by the virus, known as Covid-19.

“On 25 February 2020, we were informed by the Japanese authorities that two of these South Africans tested positive for Covid-19. They are currently being treated in Japan and the latest reports indicate that they are currently asymptomatic,” Manzi said.

 

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Thaba nchu has a bunch of decent buildings standing empty. Due to apartheid rules a ton of stuff was built there that was only there due to spatial planning or something. Once 94 happened it just made no sense to have half that stuff there and it shut down or migrated nearer to Bloem00. A lot of poverty there and big empty closed off dorms and education campus's etc. Spent some time there a while back. Kind of makes sense to use that stuff provided they can clean it up a bit.
 

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They need a full-on infectious disease isolation unit, they can't just use some old dorm after a good sweep with a broom.

Do they have anything remotely capable of dealing with say a few hundred patients ?
 
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