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Coronavirus: SA President announces three-week lockdown
Cyril Ramaphosa says the country must do everything in its means to stop coronavirus.
South Africa's President Ramaphosa has announced the country is to go into lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Plus, how is daily life changing as governments encourage people to stay at home to avoid contracting Covid-19 and infecting others? We hear from Ivory Coast.
And Kenyan hospitals are running out of blood supplies as the national blood banks run dry.
(Photo: A member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) closes a gate the Rand Light Infantry Regiment Base in Johannesburg, on March 23 2020 ahead of the presidential address. Credit: SPATARI/ AFP/ Getty Images)
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Mon 23 Mar 202019:06GMT
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