Coronavirus: Gauteng woman discharged from hospital, isolated at home
11 March 2020
A woman who tested positive for the coronavirus in Gauteng was discharged from Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital on Tuesday.
Gauteng health spokesperson Kwara Kekana confirmed that the woman was discharged late in the afternoon. She was the second person in the country to test positive.
The 39-year-old woman formed part of a group of travellers who returned from Italy on 1 March. Six other people in the group also tested positive.
Kekana said the woman would remain under observation by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and hospital staff while she is isolated at home.