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President Ramaphosa will be addressing South Africans on Monday night and he is expected to relax restrictions such as the booze and beach bans.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and extremely early test.
At a Fiat Chrysler pickup truck assembly plant in Warren, outside Detroit, workers entered a giant white tent with a sign that read: “Let’s restart and keep each other safe.”
Detroit’s Big Three — Fiat Chrysler, General Motors and Ford — as well as Honda and Toyota all had screening procedures in place at dozens of factories that reopened from the Great Lakes states south to Tennessee and Texas and out west at Tesla’s factory near the San Francisco Bay.
Chinese President Xi Jinping defended China’s record, saying the country provided all relevant outbreak data to WHO and other countries, including the virus’s genetic sequence, “in a most timely fashion.”
But the Trump administration stepped up its attacks at the meeting, with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar accusing WHO of failing to obtain the information the world needed as the outbreak emerged.
[Monitor] The Ministry of Health have registered 1,199 new Covid-19 infections with 12 virus deaths as the number of confirmed cases on Wednesday rose to 25,059.
Shoppers flocked to Thailand's top-end malls on Sunday, eager for retail therapy as shopping centres reopened in a gradual easing of restrictions to revive the virus-ravaged economy.
The shopping centre relaunch comes with Thailand's infection numbers slowing in recent weeks -- authorities announced three new cases Sunday, with the total at just over 3,000.
Customers and businesses were advised to adhere to restrictions, which include limits on the number of people allowed in retail spaces and a ban on alcohol sales in restaurants.
The government is also urging retailers and shoppers to check in on a digital platform when entering malls -- it will send a message if a coronavirus case is discovered in a specific store.
Shopping centres -- along with other public spaces like stadiums, gyms and parks -- were ordered to close in mid-March as Thailand entered a state of emergency to curb the spread of infections.
Campaigners said determined action by several countries has shown that it is possible to end the spread of the virus.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s motion of no confidence vote hangs in the balance as the African Transformation Movement (ATM) has approached the High Court in Cape Town to compel Parliamentary Speaker Thandi Modise to conduct it via secret ballot
Nigeria's tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country exceeded 6,000 on Monday as 216 newly infected people were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
As of the time of reporting, the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria rose to 6, 175 on Monday evening from 5, 959 reported on Sunday evening.
These are Lagos, Katsina, Oyo, Kano, Edo, Zamfara, Ogun, Gombe, Borno, Bauchi, Kwara, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kaduna, Enugu, and Rivers states.
The details of the 216 new cases are as follows: Lagos - 74, Katsina - 33, Oyo - 19, Kano - 17, Edo - 13, Zamfara - 10, Ogun - 8, Gombe - 8, Borno - 8, Bauchi - 7, Kwara - 7, FCT - 4, Kaduna - 3, Enugu - 3, and Rivers - 2.
A breakdown of the 6,175 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 2, 624 cases, followed by Kano - 824, FCT - 422, Katsina - 281, Bauchi - 222, Borno - 223, Jigawa - 201, Ogun - 153, Kaduna - 145, Oyo - 137, Gombe - 134, Sokoto - 113, Edo - 108, Zamfara - 84, Kwara - 65, Osun - 42, Rivers - 53, Plateau - 35, Yobe - 32, Kebbi - 32, Nasarawa - 31, Delta - 27, Niger - 22, Adamawa - 21, Ondo - 20, Ekiti - 19,Akwa Ibom - 18, Taraba - 17, Enugu - 15, Ebonyi - 9, Imo - 7, Bayelsa - 6, Benue - 5, Anambra - 5 and Abia - 5.
The number of new cases in the country has continued to increase erratically across all States which have reported at least a case of the virus.
The governing party is planning its birthday bash in line with Covid-19 restrictions on big gatherings
President Cyril Ramaphosa will meet with traditional leaders on Saturday to discuss the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic and matters related to the lockdown.
This will be the second consultative meeting with traditional leaders on the national response to the pandemic, with the first one having been led by Deputy President David Mabuza, Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko said.
Diko said Ramaphosa had recently held consultative meetings with the National Economic Development and Labour Council, the President's Coordinating Council, leaders of political parties represented in Parliament, leaders of interfaith communities, and the tourism industry.
\"The engagement with traditional leaders is part of a series of consultations the president has held with leaders across various sectors of society since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure that the national effort to combat the crisis is inclusive and enjoys the support of all stakeholder groups.\"
News24 was reliably told that party leaders in the virtual meeting, which kicked off at 07:00 on Wednesday, were given ample time to share their views on how the country should be navigating the coronavirus pandemic and the related lockdown to curb the spread of infection.
Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, owner of Brewsters Craft, had to find new innovative ways to keep her brewery afloat during the nationwide lockdown. As the first black woman to own a brewery, she was determined not to fail.
[Premium Times] Wednesday's figure pushed the total number of infections in the country to 103,999.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will, as Chair of the African Union, participate in a virtual meeting of the AU Contact Group of the High-Level Committee on Libya later today Tuesday, 19 May 2020.
The meeting is at the invitation of the President of the Republic of The Congo and Chairman of the AU High-Level Committee on Libya, His Excellency Denis Sassou Nguesso.
The aim of the meeting is to take stock of progress made in relation to the resolutions of its inaugural meeting held in March 2020, in Oyo, The Republic of Congo.
The meeting will also assess progress in relation to the National Reconciliation Conference scheduled for July 2020 under the auspices of the African Union.
Other Heads of State and Government who will participate in the AU Contact Group meeting include President of Algeria H.E. Abdelmadjid Tebboune; President of Chad H.E. Idriss Déby Itno and President of Egypt H.E. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
After dubbing the Garden Route a hotspot, national government took the decision to close beaches in the area for the festive season.
The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) presides over the country’s managing of the COVID-19 pandemic and also determines the lockdown levels
Financial experts have warned those pushing for a 20 percent pay out of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) savings to its members to cushion them against the Covid-19 economic shocks.
Mr Martin Nsubuga, the chief executive officer, Uganda Retirements Benefits Regulatory Authority warned that globally, it's only Austria that has temporary lent out its equivalent of NSSF savings to its members in the Covid-19 lockdown with expectations paying back.
\"No country in the world has paid out its NSSF savings to its members to rescue them in this Covid-19 pandemic lockdown because it's unrealistic.
The warning by Mr Nsubuga was echoed by the NSSF managing director, Mr Richard Byarugaba who insisted that it's a bad idea to respond to the chorus calls by the public and politicians by paying out the 20 percent as this would cause inflation.
Mr Rwakakamba is, among other orders, seeking court to compel the Fund to pay its members at least 20 percent of their savings to cushion them from the economic shocks caused by Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to co-chair a meeting of the President's Coordinating Council (PCC) on Saturday to discuss preparations to move most of the country to Level 3 of the lockdown.
[Saturday's] meeting follows [Friday's] consultation, led by President Ramaphosa, between government and social partners under the auspices of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac).
\"President Ramaphosa has been in continuous consultation with various sectors of society on management of the national state of disaster since government first acted to limit the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the country,\" presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko said in a statement on Saturday.
\"Social partners expressed their support for the risk-adjusted approach South Africa has taken to the reopening of the economy, as well as for the original restrictions put in place to give the country time to prepare the health system for the management of Covid-19 infections.\"
Diko said the government as well as the labour, business and community sectors were undertaking detailed work to ensure lives would be saved and livelihoods protected as the economy was progressively unlocked and society adapted to the reality of economic activity with coronavirus as an ever-present danger.
Four people have died from COVID-19, bringing the number of deaths from the disease in Jamaica to nine since the start of the year, and 311 since last March. \tThe Ministry of Health and Wellness reports that the four latest victims are...
