Coronavirus – Eswatini: Ministry of Health COVID-19 Update (20-04-2020)

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The Ministry of Health informs the public of two (2) more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to twenty-four (24).

The details on the newly confirmed cases are:

The 23rd case is a 60 year old female residing in Manzini Region. She presented moderate to severe illness and has been undergoing treatment in one of the private hospitals o the country. She has no history of travel or contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19.

The 24th case is a 33 year old male. residing o the Manzini Region. who presented with mild symptoms of the disease, which is fever and body pains. He has no history of travel or contact with a confirmed case.

A total of twenty-four (24) cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country.

• Eight (8) cases have been treated and confirmed negative

• Thirteen (13) are undergoing treatment

• One (1) died

• Two (2) are undergoing admission processes

The Ministry of Health wishes to emphasize the importance of cooperating with health advice as follows:

1) All patients that have been confirmed positive have a duty to comply with the expectation to be registered for care with the COVID-19 Case Management Team of the Ministry of Health.

2) The public is requested to cooperate with Rapid Response Teams as they go about their duties finding contacts of positive cases.

3) All suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19 should wear a mask as advised by health practitioners and isolate themselves from others.

4) A Mask should be worn properly, covering the nose and mouth and be kept in place until when it is changed for afresh one.

5) The public is advised to continue with observing hand hygiene measures and cough etiquette.

The Ministry of Health wishes to report the following summary of confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 20^th April 2020:

Date	Case No.	Gender	Age	Travel History	Nationality	Clinical Condition
22-03-20	004	F	55yrs	RSA – Gauteng Province	Expatriate, Hhohho	Recovered and awaiting final results
23-03-20	005	M	52yrs	USA	Expatriate, Hhohho	Recovered and awaiting final results
08-04-20	011	M	44yrs	No travel history, under investigation	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovering and awaiting final results
08-04-20	012	F	36yrs	No history of travel, contact with RSA traveller	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovering and awaiting final results
11-04-2020	013	M	37yrs	No history of travel, contact with RSA traveller	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovering and awaiting final results
11-04-2020	014	M	14yrs	No history of travel, contact with a positive case	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovering and awaiting final results
13-04-20	015	M	59yrs	No history of travel, investigating contacts	LiSwati, Manzini	Deceased
15-04-2020	016	F	25yrs	No history of recent travel	LiSwati, Hhohho	Mild disease and recovering
16-04-2020	017	M	36yrs	No history of recent travel	LiSwati, Hhohho	Moderate to severe disease, stable and recovering
17-04-2020	018	F	35yrs	No history of travel	LiSwati, Hhohho	Mild disease, recovering
17-04-2020	019	F	39yrs	No history of travel	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovering
18-04-2020	020	M	53yrs	No history of travel or contact	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovering
18-04-2020	021	M	31yrs	No history of travel, contact with #17	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovering
18-04-2020	022	M	44yrs	No history of travel or contact	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovering
20-04-2020	023	F	60yrs	No history of travel or contact	LiSwati, Manzini	Moderate to severe disease, admission process ongoing
20-04-2020	024	M	33yrs	No history of travel or contact	LiSwati, Manzini	Mild disease, admission ongoing

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini.