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President Cyril Ramaphosa.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on Covid-19 on Monday night.
- He said this followed a meeting with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), presidentCoordination Council (PCC) and special Cabinet session.
- This is the president’s first speech since Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced a second wave last week.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will head to South Africa on Covid-19 on Monday night, as daily cases continue to rise.
“President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on Monday night, December 14, on developments related to the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic,” Presidential spokesman Tyrone Seale said Sunday. night.
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He added that the speech followed Sunday meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) and a special Cabinet session.
The exact time of the president’s speech will be released Monday, despite various broadcasters incorrectly reporting that his address would be Sunday night.
“The address will be broadcast and broadcast on a variety of platforms that are accessible to South Africans and international audiences,” Seale said.
The last few days have seen new cases hovering and above the 8,000 cases per day mark, this after Health Minister Zweli Mkhize declared a second wave of infections last week.
On Sunday, the KwaZulu-Natal health department confirmed that there was an increase in infections among health workers and the public in the province.
Last week, News24 reported that Mkhize confirmed that a second wave had hit the country.
In a special live television broadcast on the night of Wednesday, December 9, he said increases were seen in six provinces.
The maximum age range for new cases in the last two days is between 15 and 19 years.
Mkhize said the new cases were believed to be due to a large number of parties where young people drank alcohol without sticking to non-pharmaceutical interventions; not wearing masks and social distancing and hand disinfection does not occur.
“A report from KwaZulu-Natal last week showed that the pattern was more widespread than previously thought. This inevitably leads to super-spreader activities spreading to the rest of the country, as the age group is very mobile and most operators are largely asymptomatic, “he added.
Many of the new cases have been associated with a Rage event and other unaffiliated events in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this month.
Other Rage events were canceled, and the Garden Route and Cape Metro authorities canceled planned events when a second wave became apparent.
