South Africa will be moving to Alert Level 3 of the lockdown on June 1, but the coronavirus will get much worse, before it gets better, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation on Sunday evening.
Here are some of the key points:
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA ON SOUTH AFRICA’S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC UNION BUILDINGS, TSHWANE 24 MAY 2020
It is exactly 10 weeks since we declared a national state of disaster in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
There are nearly 60 000 community health workers who have been going door-to-door across the country to identify possible cases of coronavirus.
This risk-adjusted approach is guided by several criteria, including the level of infections and rate of transmission, the capacity of health facilities, the extent of the implementation of public health interventions and the economic and social impact of continued restrictions.
A hotspot is defined as an area that has more than 5 infected people per every 100 000 people or where new infections are increasing at a fast pace.The following metros have been identified as coronavirus hotspots: Tshwane, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Ethekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay, Buffalo City and Cape Town.
