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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a national lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic.While addressing the nation, Mr Ramaphosa said the government “has decided to enforce a national lockdown for 21 days with effect from midnight on Thursday the 26th of March to avoid a human catastrophe.”

To ensure that citizens comply with the lockdown, the president added that the military will be “deployed onto the streets to help police enforce a nationwide lockdown.”On Monday, Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire each declared a state of emergency. President Macky Sall said “the speed of the progress of the disease requires us to raise the level of response.”

Zimbabwe, after reporting its first death, declared its borders shut to “human traffic except returning residents.”Coronavirus: Filmhouse, Genesis, Silverbird shut cinemas

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