Новости за 08.04.2020

''The barring of the media in covering all these cases is completely contrary to the Covid-19 regulations."

Five more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported, raising the death toll to 18, the Department of Health has said.

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SA Breweries has confirmed nine drivers have been arrested and a massive consignment was impounded, but the company says it was moving it to a storage facility and it has the necessary permits.

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Some of South Africa's insurers have stopped selling retrenchment cover as the novel coronavirus threatens to accelerate the rate of unemployment in the country. Liberty said it has become very difficult to assess the potential risks and related cover for new clients.

Edcon expects to lose R800 million in revenue during the national lockdown. But having received help just a year ago, would there be appetite from creditors and others to extend a lending hand again?

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The United Nations World Food Programme says hundreds of thousands more people had slipped into the severely-hungry category in Zimbabwe, where over half of the population faces hunger.

Speaking shortly after opening a case at the Douglasdale police station in Sandton, EFF spokesperson Vuyani Pambo said Ndabeni-Abrahams had undermined the lockdown which the majority of South Africans were adhering to.

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus on Wednesday said it had cut production of its planes by around a third, as global airlines scale back their plans in an unprecedented crisis for the industry.

Due to long queues during the lockdown, the SA Social Security Agency's grant payout days will be changed to protect the elderly.

Worldwide over 1.4 million people have been infected with the virus, leading to some 86 000 deaths.

A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of "devastating" consequences.

The Naspers group have implemented a number of interventions to help support communities, where they have operations, as they face the impact of Covid-19.

Almost 200 prominent Muslim associations and members of the Muslim community in South Africa have called on Muslims to continue to abide by the lockdown rules and offer prayers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The University of Cape Town has recorded another Covid-19 case, this time a staff member, which brings its number of cases to seven.

The South African Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy skies across the country on Thursday with changing fortunes - some places will turn out warm, while others will welcome thundershowers.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has issued a warning to a criminal syndicate that he says is running amok, vandalising, torching and stealing from schools in the province, adding that their days are numbered.

The coronavirus pandemic is battering the world's major economies and could trigger the deepest global recession in generations, the World Trade Organisation says, and other updates from around the world.

We are all in this together, says African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina.

The number of Covid-19-infected people who are now in hospital in the Western Cape has risen to 31, with nine in intensive care, while in Bothasig, Cape Town, a local Shoprite store was closed after a staff member tested positive.

Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far infected 55 people and resulted in two deaths.