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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a major lockdown of South Africa to combat coronavirus

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The measures announced tonight by President Cyril Ramaphosa include travel bans on foreign nationals to South Africa from several countries, and a ban on travel to the EU, US, UK, China, Iran and South Korea. 35 of the countries land ports will be shut from tomorrow and non-essential domestic travel will also be curtailed. To encourage 'social distancing', gatherings of more than 100 people will be prohibited. Schools will also be closed from Wednesday 18th of March. He said South Africa has not been confronted by a situation of this severity before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Mar 2020 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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