COVID-19 cases in SA climb to 709
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa has climbed to 709. The number is a rise of 155 cases from Tuesday’s tally of 554.
South Africa will go into lockdown for 21 days from Thursday evening in a bid to curb the increase in coronavirus cases.
In other news – The role of SANDF during lockdown
The army will be deployed to support the South African Police Service to enforce the nationwide lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphhosa announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday. Military analyst Helmoed Heitman said the role of SANDF members could vary, depending on the assistance needed by the police. They have been talking about closing down parts of the road network, to prevent people from moving much. For instance, the army could man vehicle checkpoints.
The other stuff includes if the police have a problem somewhere and they could help them with that but it could go beyond that if there is an unrest problem then because people assume the shops will run out of stocks and they could be deployed to protect shops and hospitals”, said Heitman. Heitman said there is no reason for people to fear because the army will most likely be using minimum force. Read more
Source: eNCA
