BREAKING NEWS: Stay at home! Ramaphosa announces lockdown for SA CoronavirusInSouthAfrica Covid19InSA
Johannesburg - President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that a countrywide lockdown will come into effect on Thursday. The 21-day lockdown is the latest government intervention to try and control the spread of the coronavirus.
The Department of Health announced earlier on Monday that confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa were now at 402. But there was also concern after some South Africans were seen to be carrying on life as usual, attending parties and other social gatherings in their numbers. He said other people who were exempt included those who were in the production, distribution of food and basic goods, banking services, water service, power utility service and laboratory services.
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