Answer to Question #158966 in English for Tee

Question

SECTION B: Editing and proofreading

The following paragraph contains ten errors. Retype/rewrite the paragraph and

underline or highlight the changes you have made. Also identify and write the topic

sentence in this paragraph.

The first reported case of the Coronavirus also known as ‘COVID19’ 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) 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, dispite efforts to contain the virus by putting a ban on international

travel. The increase in confirmed cases may cause widespread panick and anxiety,

witch 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

Answer 1

The COVID-19 disease is a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by the SARS-CoV-2. The first reported case of the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, was in September 2019 in Wuhan, China (Bennet, 2020). The problem with SARS-CoV-2 is the pressure it puts on the healthcare system because of its high infection rate (Khoza, 2019). 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) declared SARS-CoV-1 a pandemic and one of the first biological threats to modern society in the 21st century. To reduce the wide spread of SARS-CoV-2, the South African government placed travelling restrictions on high-risk regions and closed border-crossings from one country to another. On the 28th of February 2020, South Africa experienced its first COVID-19 case and as of the 25th of March 2020, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases had increased to 702 despite efforts to contain the virus by putting a ban on international travel. The increase in confirmed cases may cause widespread panic and anxiety, which is why the public relies on good, reliable information and data now more than ever.