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South Africa Sees First Local Coronavirus Transmission

Anita Powell

   JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has seen its first locally transmitted case
   of novel coronavirus, a week after the nation reported its first case
   on March 5. That brings the country's total number of confirmed cases
   to 17, with cases in at least five of the country's nine provinces.
   Meanwhile, South Africa's military is preparing to bring home 122
   COVID-negative citizens from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus
   originated.

   Within a week of landing in South Africa, the novel coronavirus has
   spread, with cases now in the double digits -- and the first confirmed
   case of local transmission.

   That case, health authorities said Thursday, is a 32-year-old man in
   Free State province who came into contact with a Chinese businessman.
   All other reported cases in South Africa had traveled overseas before
   testing positive.
   

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