Teen drowns at Free State quarantine facility
A teenager from Ladybrand in the Free State has died at a Covid-19 quarantine facility.
According to the regional Health Department, the 16-year-old drowned at the Sterkfontein Dam.
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The department’s Mondli Mvambi says the pupil was part of the group quarantined due to an increase in Covid-19 positive cases at schools in Ladybrand.
Mvambi says preliminary investigations indicate that two pupils went swimming without supervision.
The second pupil survived.
