Coronavirus: Three-year-old child suspected to have been infected via local transmission
16 March 2020
In his announcement to the nation on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said there had been local transmissions of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Now, according to the Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, this is under investigation, with one of the suspected cases a three-year-old child in KwaZulu-Natal.
"We will confirm it as soon as we have more information.
"One of the cases is a three-year-old child, who is linked to a contact. But we're trying to establish the exact connection between them," Mkhize said.
He added that he would not go into detail, but said, at this stage, the child's parents were healthy.