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BREAKING: Ramaphosa confirms nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Thursday

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Speaking at the Union Buildings on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced further measures to stop the spread of Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

There were, however, concerns that the rapid spread of the disease in both South Africa and the rest of the world required more stringent measures. “Our analysis of the progress of the epidemic informs us we need to urgently increase our response.” He said it would just take a few weeks to reach hundreds of thousands of infected people, since South Africa had millions of people with HIV and TB and high levels of poor nutrition. “Those countries that have acted swiftly have been far more effective.” He said the nationwide lockdown would be in place for three weeks from

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