
#LockdownSA: Ramaphosa announces SA lockdown to curb Covid-19 spread
The 21-day national lockdown will see only essential personnel working, with everyone else staying at home.

The 21-day national lockdown will see only essential personnel working, with everyone else staying at home.

Organisations advocating for the adequate nutritional needs of children have cautiously welcomed the move from President Cyril Ramaphosa to increase social and economic relief for the next six months.

Economic relief is on the cards for the most vulnerable in the country, as the President announces measures to ease the burdens faced by those in food-scarce households, and the unemployed.

Healthcare workers are currently at the forefront of the Covid-19 battle, as President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that they provide an essential service. But as the number of positive cases increases, vulnerable healthcare workers want to get tested too.

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged the country to follow central tenets of Covid-19 prevention – social distancing, hand sanitizing and proper face mask use – during the new phase of the Covid-19 lockdown. Some have taken these words to heart, whilst others struggle to acclimatise to the new normal.