COVID-19

March 23, 2020

Corona virus

How to protect yourself against COVID-19

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. (WHO)

For the latest information and data on the number of people and countries affected, please refer to updates from the World Health Organisation

For the latest information and data on the number of people affected in South Africa, please refer to the updates from the South African Department of Health 

About the Corona Virus

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold