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Coronavirus: Hopeful Banyana Banyana captain Van Wyk looking forward to football

South Africa defender Janine Van Wyk has urged the fans and the country as a whole to unite with the government in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Banyana Banyana captain is inching closer to full recovery from an injury after she parted ways with Danish outfit Fortuna Hjorring on mutual consent in January.

Van Wyk is in the country, sheltering in her place since the global outbreak of the coronavirus, which has affected 1, 380 people and killed five people in South Africa since the first confirmed case on March 4.

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The player has joined her teammates in raising awareness in the fight against the contagious disease following the government order of a lockdown in the country.