President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a 21-day nationwide lockdownSA amid the rapid rise in the COVID-19 infection rates in the country via SABCNews
under the state of national disaster.
A decision by the National Command Council chaired by Ramaphosa, the lockdown has been implemented under the Disaster Management Act.Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to strictly comply with the new measures, citing concerns in particular, about the living conditions of impoverished communities and those who are in poor health.
To enforce compliance, the President says the military will be deployed to assist the South African Police Services. Items that such as toilet paper, hand sanitisers and non-perishable foods have been the most popular as citizens move to ensure they don’t contract the virus, which is best prevented by good hygiene.
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