Only 80 people from the total population of 1.3
million people appear to have been tested for coronavirus through the Swaziland
(eSwatini) Ministry of Health.
Minister Lizzie Nkosi
told a press briefing on Tuesday (31 March 2020) that a total of 80 tests had been sent
by the Ministry of Health to neighboring South Africa for analysis. So far, nine people had been
diagnosed as positive. She said 15 of the tests had not been dealt with. She
had previously said that was because ‘priority for testing is being given to people
who have travelled or have been in close contact with positive patients’.
She also asked people to prepare isolation rooms in their homes for relatives who had recently
returned from coronavirus high risk countries. She said this was to ensure
other family members were not exposed.
Elsewhere, Minister of Natural
Resources and Energy Peter
Bhembe announced that petrol and paraffin prices would decrease by 100
cents per litre and diesel prices would decrease by 80 cents per litre, effective
Friday, 3 April, 2020.
The commercial city of Manzini
was reportedly in chaos on Monday after new regulations restricting public
transport to early mornings and late afternoons came into force. The eSwatini Observer
reported 5,000 people were left stranded.
Children of King Mswati III,
the absolute monarch of Swaziland, were
placed in isolation for 14 days when they returned to the kingdom after studying
at schools and universities abroad. They have been tested for coronavirus and
await the results.
Below are details of the people who have tested positive
for the coronavirus. They were released by the Swaziland Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
CLARIFICATION: The total number of test results received by
the Ministry of Health since 15 March 2020 was 324. See here https://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2020/04/total-number-of-coronavirus-test.html
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