The Swaziland (eSwatini) Health Ministry has received
324 results of coronavirus tests sent to South Africa in total since 15 March
2020.
The information has dribbled out from the Swaziland
Government through press briefings and social media posts. The Ministry of
Health has not announced a running total of cases, causing confusion in the
kingdom.
The total of 324 was announced in social media posts as
follows: 15 March (12); 19 March (32); 20 March (27); 21 March (37); 23 March
(62); 26 March (74); 31 March (80).
The population of Swaziland is about 1.3 million.
No information has been released about which
individuals are being tested and why. The Ministry of Health had said that some
samples sent to South Africa were not tested because they were not from people who had travelled or had been
in close contact with positive patients.
The numbers in the Ministry of Health briefings are
only those tested and analysed through the Ministry of Health. It is not recorded
how many others may have been tested.
It was reported in news media that King Mswati III,
the absolute monarch of Swaziland, was
in self-isolation and that some
of his children who had returned to the kingdom after studying abroad had
been tested. It is not known if these were included in the Ministry of Health
statistics.
Nine people have tested positive, according to
Ministry of Health figures. It has not reported any deaths.
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