Lockdown is working as infection rate slows, Cyril Ramaphosa assures SA
The president extended SA’s lockdown by a further two weeks to the end of April, saying it was too risky to lift the lockdown now
09 April 2020 - 21:22
The lockdown is working and has slowed the infection rate of SA’s Covid-19 outbreak, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation on Thursday night.
The number of infections rose to 1,934 on day 14 of the lockdown, an increase of 89 on the previous day’s numbers...
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