Ramaphosa Calls Family Meeting at 8pm on Sunday on COVID-19 Developments

Faizel Patel – 28/02/2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a family meeting.

Ramaphosa is expected to address the nation at 8pm on Sunday evening in response to the developments to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The address follows meetings in recent days of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and cabinet.

South Africa is currently on an adjusted level three of the COVID-19 lockdown.

The country has recorded more then 1.5 million infections, 49,941 deaths and more than 1.4 million recoveries.

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