South African president in self quarantine after attending public function

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has begun a period of self-quarantine following the positive COVID-19 diagnosis of a guest at a dinner he attended.

The presidency says last Saturday that Ramaphosa attended a fundraising dinner of the adopt-a-school foundation, which is a partner entity of the Cyril Ramaphosa foundation.

The event for 35 guests was held at a Johannesburg hotel where the foundation guests were the only people hosted by the establishment.

Acting presidential spokesperson Tyrone Seale says the president is showing no symptoms at this time and will perform his duties remotely as well as observing the guidelines that apply to self-quarantine.

The adopt-a-school foundation advised dinner guests on Tuesday that a guest had shown symptoms on Sunday and had been tested on Monday before receiving a positive result on Tuesday.