Covid-19: Fears and anxiety grip SA as cases surge

Cape Town - South Africa’s coronavirus infection number rose by 38 to 240 on Saturday, raising fears that the country may be headed for a national lockdown similar to the ones currently imposed in Italy and parts of China.

Some churches, including the Zion Christian Church , halted their Easter pilgrimages while others such as the South African Zionist Churches vowed to go ahead with church services. ”It started yesterday when there was an indication that because of occupational health, the place of employment of the person indicated that they were out of the country and found that there are some feverish symptoms and took them for testing,” she said.

According to the World Health Organisation, Italy recorded 627 more deaths on Friday, the biggest single-day increase since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December. Italy’s death toll reached 4 032, surpassing that of China, which successfully contained the virus and entered a second day without internal transmissions.

Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Khusela Diko, did not respond to questions regarding Makhura’s statement, speculation about a possible lockdown and what factors would trigger such a decision.

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