2,420 new Covid-19 infections and 174 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours according to stats released by health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize.
Government workers wearing protective suits carry a mock-up of a coffin of a Covid-19 victim to warn people about the dangers of the disease as the outbreak continues in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 28, 2020.No grace period for expired car licences so motorists will be fined
“Those who did not renew will face the necessary consequences. If it is a fine that's due then it will be a fine. It depends on the transgression and the type of licence that is due. If it’s a vehicle impounding, it will be that. Whatever the consequences as per the law, it will kick in,” said transport ministerial spokesperson Ayanda Allie Paine on Friday.
As insurers brace for an expensive natural-disaster season because of storms and wildfires ravaging parts of the United States, the novel coronavirus is giving them an odd financial break. There is still much funding available in the government's multibillion-rand Covid-19 war chest and this week's real time audit report will enable oversight bodies to interrogate how it is spent.
Variety, the Hollywood Reporter and Vanity Fair all cited sources as saying the person who tested positive was Pattinson, the film's star. Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised in Milan for further checks after testing positive for the coronavirus, his Forza Italia party said on Friday.The 83-year-old-media tycoon had been in isolation in his house in the town of Arcore, north of Milan.
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