COVID 19 Situation Desk 3 April 2020 AM

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hi I'm Jo Nikolaidis here's your morning brief on the coronavirus it's now day eight of the national lockdown last week Friday the country went into lockdown to reduce the number of infections last night we got the latest figures we now have one thousand four hundred and sixty two confirmed cases and five days they are however 45 recoveries there's also been an update on the revised regulations for the lockdown government will be using the geolocations of people's cell phones in the fight against covert 19 so Health Department tracer teams will be allowed to use the phone locations of people who have tested positive to track down others that they may have come into contact with but government is adamant this will not find south africans privacy immediate families and close friends will now be allowed to travel to other provinces to bury their loved ones in formal food traders cannot trade but they must obtain permit from their counselors before setting up shop you still cannot buy cigarettes the policeman is Becket planner says no province in the country is allowed to go against the lockdown regulations with regards to the sale of cigarettes he said this in reference to the Western Cape government's decision to lift the ban on the sale of cigarettes in that province repatriation between countries will now be allowed which means the minister or person designated by him may an person to enter or exit the Republic for emergency medical attention for life-threatening disease globally the number of infections has passed the grim milestone of 1 million both the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme say they deeply concerned about the impact of lockdowns on food security in southern Africa countries have been urged to keep the borders open for food and while South Africa's the last 13 more days to go before the lockdown is complete it seems that there are more cars on the roads this morning here in Johannesburg compared to week ago people have been urged to stay at home and only leave to get essential supplies while maintaining social distancing for this and more go to EWN dot co today Ford / coronavirus you