The first case of the Coronaviruscoronavirus, also known as ‘COVID-19’, was in September
2019 in Wuhan, China (2020, Bennet) . The problem with SARS-CoV-2 is the pressure
it puts on the healthcare system because of its high infection rate (Khoza:345, 2019
www.google.com) . Globally, sudden spikes in the confirmed COVID-19 cases are
severe because there are limited resources to effectively manage and treat patients in
any of the current healthcare systems. As of February 2020, the World Health
Organization (who)(WHO) declared SARS-CoV-1 a pandemic as one of the first biological
threats to modern society in the 21st century. In order for the South African
government to reduce the widespread of SARS-CoV-2, travelling restrictions were
placed on high-risk regions and border-crossings were closed from one country to
another. On the 28th of February 2020, South Africa experienced the first COVID-19
case, and as of the 25th of March 2020, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
increased to 702, dispitedespite efforts to contain the virus by putting a ban on international
travel. The increase in confirmed cases may cause widespread panickpanic and anxiety,
witchwhich is why the public relies on good, reliable information and data, now, more than
ever. The COVID-19 disease is a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused
by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.