President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa now has nearly 25 000 additional beds available for quarantine as confirmed cases in the country continue to rise. lockdown coronavirus
Pretoria – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said South Africa now has nearly 25 000 additional beds available for quarantine as confirmed cases in the country continue to rise.
“In all, our field workers have now screened over 9 million people, and we have conducted nearly 370,000 coronavirus tests. This is the largest and most extensive public health mobilisation in the history of our country. "As we have strengthened our public health response, we have introduced several vital measures to support the companies, workers and households that have been severely affected by the lockdown,” Ramaphosa said.
“This will help to keep companies afloat and save millions of jobs. The various funds that we established to provide support for small businesses, including the initiatives of the department of small business development, the department of tourism, the Industrial Development Corporation and the South African Future Trust, have provided direct assistance to over 27,000 enterprises,” he said.
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