WATCH LIVE | Zweli Mkhize gives update on coronavirus
31 January 2020 - 07:41
By TimesLIVE
Health minister Zweli Mkhize on Friday morning gave an update on the developments of coronavirus.
Mkhize was joined by representatives of the World Health Organisation (WHO) as well as the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
Earlier this week, the minister reassured South Africans that the country had sufficient contingency plans to deal with the outbreak.
BBC News reported on Thursday that the WHO had officially declared the virus a global health emergency.
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