The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the country yesterday night. South Africa is on day 48 of its national lockdown.These were the key points:
-Lockdown has strengthened capacity of our health systems
-9 million screenings and 370 thousand tests done so far
-Vulnerable households have been supported during lockdown
-Uif has paid out over R11 billion to 2 million workers
-Covid19 loan guarantee scheme is processing applications
-3 million South Africans have applied for R350 special grant
-Solidarity fund has raised R2,7 Billion in commitments