South Africa goes into lockdown as first COVID-19 deaths announced
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South Africa goes into lockdown as first COVID-19 deaths announced
All businesses were halted from trading and roadblocks set up across the country as a lockdown came into effect Friday morning (March 27).
All businesses were halted from trading and roadblocks set up across the country as a lockdown came into effect Friday morning (March 27).
South Africa has had its first deaths from the deadly virus as the number of infections surpassed 900.
In Cape Town a joint operation consisting of the army, police and metro police stop vehicles and pedestrians on the fringe of the CBD.
One arrest was effected on a middle-aged man.