Covid-19: 1m infections, 58,000 dead worldwide, Saffers dig deep; Netcare hospital shutdown; Transnet restarts
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In today's news headlines:
* As the number of Covid-19 infections breaches the 1m mark worldwide, with 1,500 in South Africa, and nine confirmed deaths, more than R2bn has been pledged by South Africans to the Solidarity Fund.
* A Netcare hospital in KwaZulu-Natal is shutting sections as its bosses move to identify shortcomings in infection control and trace people who may have been infected with Covid-19 after 11 cases were linked to it.
* The Solidarity Fund will pay for at least 5m protective medical face masks, according to reports, while the Western Cape's provincial treasury is to distribute thousands of food parcels.
* Transnet is re-starting some of its operations to facilitate the delivery of commodities and supplies.
* ArcelorMittal is the latest to use Force Majeure as a reason not to pay its suppliers, staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
* As the number of Covid-19 infections breaches the 1m mark worldwide, with 1,500 in South Africa, and nine confirmed deaths, more than R2bn has been pledged by South Africans to the Solidarity Fund.
* A Netcare hospital in KwaZulu-Natal is shutting sections as its bosses move to identify shortcomings in infection control and trace people who may have been infected with Covid-19 after 11 cases were linked to it.
* The Solidarity Fund will pay for at least 5m protective medical face masks, according to reports, while the Western Cape's provincial treasury is to distribute thousands of food parcels.
* Transnet is re-starting some of its operations to facilitate the delivery of commodities and supplies.
* ArcelorMittal is the latest to use Force Majeure as a reason not to pay its suppliers, staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
