Over 900 confirmed cases of coronavirus in SA, says Ramaphosa via 24liveblog
Johannesburg - South Africa now has over 900 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday. The country will go into a national lockdown at midnight on Thursday. On Monday, Ramaphosa announced the government’s latest regulations to try and curb the spread of the coronavirus.
He said the various ministers of health on the continent would form regional task forces for the southern, east, north, west, and central African regions. He said Africa had called upon the G20 to support a stimulus package for Africa that would see the IMF and the World Bank stop interest payments to existing loans, and allow the countries to focus on battling the virus.have called upon the countries of the G20, particularly the more developed economies, to support stimulus packages toMeanwhile, a
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