The first reported case of the Coronavirus also known as 'COVID19''COVID-19' was in September 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-02, travelling restrictions were placed on high-risk regions and border-crossing were closed from one country to another. On the 28th of February 2020, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased to 702, despite 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.