Coronavirus COVID-19 News specific to South Africa

biometrics

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Social distancing:
- gathering of more than 100 prohibited
- large govermernt events cancelled
- school closed from Wed 18th until after Easter
 

biometrics

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In summary:

Travel ban on foreign national of high risk countries from 18 Mar.
SAers from high risk areas to be tested and self isolation.
Discourage domestic travel.
Social distancing:
- gathering of more than 100 prohibited
- large govermernt events cancelled
- school closed from Wed 18th until after Easter
No prisoner visits.
Identifying quarantine sites.
Tracking and tracing infected.
Good hygiene call. (assumes they have water of course)
Elbow greeting.
National Command council.
Economic decline.
Fiscal measures to hopefully not have mass retrenchments.
 

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We are a design and manufacturing company, if we do need to close the office most of us can work from home with Microsoft teams.
We're a software company so have been moving remotely for a number of years, so it's not a big problem for us.
 

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Seems about right but excludes mild cases that aren't reported.

Death Rate = (Deaths / (Deaths + Recoveries)) * 100 = (6,085 / (6,085 + 76,219)) * 100 = 7.4%
In the last 2.5hrs another 371 people died
 

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National State of Disaster Declared
☑ Travel ban from foreign nationals from high risk countries from 18th march 2020.
☑SA citizens advised to refrain from travel to or through high risk countries effective immediately.
☑SA citizens returning from high risk countries will have testing and self isolation.
☑All foriegn nationals having arrived into the country since mid February from high risk areas must be tested
☑All spheres of government must not take non essential travel.
☑Gathering of more than 100 people prohibited
☑Schools closed from 18 March until after the "easter" weekend break.
☑Visits to all correctional facilities canceled for the next 30 days.
☑All businesses must ensure all measures taken to intensify hygiene control
☑All shopping centres must ensure all measures taken to intensify hygiene control
☑Capacity of health centers being increased nationally
❗Call for all to wash hands for 20 seconds.
❗Call for all to sneeze with a closed hand into a tissue of elbow
❗Call for all to avoid close contact with those who have flue like symptoms
❗Call for all to practice the "elbow" greeting and not shake hands.
☑National command council has been established, meeting 3 times a week, chaired by the president.
❗This virus will have significant and drastic effect on our economy.
❗Cabinet is finalizing a package of varying fiscal measures for business labour etc.
❗We must stop speading fake and fear promoting news
☑ Swift, purposeful, and collective action required.
 
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