In a statement issued on Friday evening, KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala said that this speedy recovery of the two patients signaled hope amid fears in the country as the number of new infections continued to rise.

JOHANNESBURG - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said that the wife of the country's first coronavirus patient had been cleared of the coronavirus and had rejoined her husband and children at home.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that the woman from Hilton in KwaZulu-Natal was diagnosed with COVID-19 three days after her husband was confirmed as the country's first patient with the virus.

@KZNGOV WELCOMES FIRST SIGNS OF VICTORY IN THE BATTLE AGAINST #COVID19



KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala @sziks has welcomed the news that two of the first people exposed to the #CoronavirusinSA have been given the all clear and are already home. pic.twitter.com/3DZChWrsu4 — KZN Provincial Gov (@kzngov) March 20, 2020

The 38-year-old husband was cleared of the virus on Wednesday.

In a statement issued on Friday evening, Zikalala said that this speedy recovery of the two patients signalled hope amid fears in the country as the number of new infections continued to rise.

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