IN FULL | Ramaphosa s emotional plea to SA as infections soar 28 December 2020 - 21:03 By TimesLIVE President Cyril Ramaphosa, in an emotional speech, urged citizens to do better in the fight against Covid-19 as SA moves to an adjusted level 3 of the lockdown. Image: GCIS
President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled tougher lockdown restrictions on Monday evening in response to a second wave of Covid-19 which he described as an “extremely dangerous point in our fight against the pandemic”.
During his speech, he became emotional, imploring South Africans to take the pandemic seriously and change their behaviour.
“The sooner we understand that it could very well be us in that ambulance speeding by, or us in that hospital bed, or us being buried at that funeral, the sooner we come to the reality of what we are facing right now,” he warned.
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READ: Ramaphosa s full speech on new level 3 regulations President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will return to level 3 lockdown as the government moves to deal with the second wave of coronavirus infections. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa announces a return to level 3 restrictions during an address on 28 December 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter
This is traditionally a time of festivity and celebrating.
Unfortunately, for us here in South Africa and for others around the world, there is little cause for celebration this year.
Yesterday, we passed the mark of more than one million confirmed coronavirus cases in our country.
Nearly 27,000 South Africans are known to have died from COVID-19.
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This means that the sale of alcohol is prohibited once again.
All gatherings, apart from funerals, are now prohibited.
Ramaphosa has also announced that not wearing a mask is now a criminal offence and could carry a jail sentence of up to six months.
A new curfew is between 21:00 and 06:00.
Several new hotspots have been identified, including major cities Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Fellow South Africans,
In just four days from now, we will be ushering in a new year.
This is traditionally a time of festivity and celebrating. Unfortunately, for us here in South Africa and for others around the world, there is little cause for celebration this year.
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