Before we begin we’d like to take a moment to explain what is happening here.
“Why is a technology news website covering COVID-19 news,” is a question we’re bound to receive so we’re going to address it right here.
Regulations published by Stella Ndabeni-Abraham states that “all internet sites operating within .zaDNA top level domain name must have a landing page with a visible link to www.sacoronavirus.co.za”.
As we fall under that regulation, we are required to link to the Department of Health’s website but we’re taking that a step further.
Every morning and every afternoon we will publish an update regarding COVID-19 in South Africa. For the purpose of these updates we will refer solely to the following sources of information:
- National Institute for Communicable Diseases
- Department of Health
- The World Health Organisation
- South African Government
We understand that folks are doing amazing things with data-viz and there are comments from experts that can help, but our goal with these updates is to provide you, our reader, with accurate information from trusted sources. If the source is not reliable, it will not be linked here.
We will also be placing a banner on our home page which you can click at any time to be directed to www.sacoronavirus.co.za.
Our latest update follows on below:
The start of the fourth week of an extended lockdown has begun but South African’s have a long weekend to look forward to as Freedom Day takes place on 27th April.
At the weekend the Ministry of Health delivered shocking news that positive COVID-19 cases in South Africa had climbed sharply to 3 034 as of 18th April.
The latest figures as of Sunday 19th April reveal there are now 3 158 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa. Sadly there have been as many as 54 deaths attributed to the pandemic.
Testing figure have also climbed sharply with the total number of tests conducted at 114 711 tests conducted to date.
South Africans looking for relief as regards the ban on the sale of alcohol we’re surely deflated at President Cyril Ramaphosa sticking to his guns regarding the ban. More importantly however, in a letter to the Gauteng Liquour Forum from the State Attorney, the reasoning for the ban was outlined. We highly recommend giving it a read here courtesy of EWN.
In order to stay up to date with the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and abroad, we advise the following materials and platforms:
- Dr Zweli Mkhize on Twitter
- COVID-19 Connect on WhatsApp – add 0600 123 456 as a contact and say “Hi”.
- World Health Organisation
- SA Coronavirus website
- SA Government
- SA Presidency
