South African Leader Lifts Lockdown Restrictions After COVID-19 Infections Fall More Reuters FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the COVID-19 treatment facilities at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa April 24, 2020. Jerome Delay/Pool...
JOHANNESBURG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the easing of some lockdown regulations on Tuesday night in light of decreasing COVID-19 cases in recent days. He said the Cabinet decided to ease a few restrictions as part of adjusted alert level 1 based o...
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"Today is a very historic day as we have reached a turning point since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the world and in the country," Phaahla told a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday. He recalled the nationwide lockdown imposed by the government and the devastation with loss of lives ...
Gender-based violence (GBV) has always been an issue of concern in South Africa and Globally. This problem of gender-based violence is currently exacerbated due to the lockdown restrictions. Women and children are targets for Covid-19 related frustrations as gender-based violence reports increase...
Another reason the poor are unlikely to obey strict lockdowns is corruption. With high levels of corruption, impoverished workers feel they are asked to pay for the corruption of the rich in government, he says. In South Africa, COVID-19 is the latest arrival in a long line of challenges...
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CAPE TOWN, May 3 (Xinhua) -- South Africa reported on Sunday a sharp surge in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, two days after the easing of restrictions following a five-week lockdown. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa stood at 6,783, an increase of...
19 restrictions. For example, strong NO2decreases over Northeast China coincide with the Wuhan lockdown95, while those over the UK in January–Febuary predate COVID-19 restrictions. Relative to NO2, AOD data show less regional coherency. Confident attribution to COVID-19 restrictions highlights ...
"It is important that this lockdown and all other emergency measures are both strictly adhered to and consistently enforced," he said as South Africa entered into the fourth day of a 21-day national lockdown designed to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19. ...