Most effective way to contain Covid-19 is isolation, says Ramaphosa

'It is important that this lockdown and all other emergency measures are both strictly adhered to and consistently enforced,' President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his weekly newsletter. lockdown coronavirus via 24liveblog

Johannesburg - The most effective way for countries like South Africa to contain the spread of the Covid-19 is for the population to remain at home and physically isolated from each other for several weeks, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.

"It is important that this lockdown and all other emergency measures are both strictly adhered to and consistently enforced," Ramaphosa said, noting that this had been effective in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where Covid-19 was first detected last December.

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