Botswana records first cases of Coronavirus

Mbongeni Mguni | Monday March 30, 2020 20:26

 

Dr Lemogang Kwape minister of Health and Wellness PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

In a live update on state television, Kwape said two men and one woman were in isolation at Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital in Gaborone.

'They had travelled to the United Kingdom and Thailand. They are in stable condition,' he said.

Kwape said the trio was taken from the aiport to the quarantine.

In a later interview on The Eye programme on BTV, Kwape said the three were from 191 cases tested.

'They are all Batswana and had travelled in March. One had gone to the UK and two had been in Thailand,' he said.

Kwape said the country now shifts from prevention to containment and will make another statement later.