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Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
Social distancing and the use of masks in public spaces and during social gatherings are our most effective weapons for limiting the spread of the coronavirus. https://t.co/ZHirmTyFBT — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
Large crowds pose a greater risk of coronavirus transmission, so it is still necessary to limit the size of gatherings under Level 1 to prevent a spike in new infections. https://t.co/749PuiEZ2x — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Following consultations with provincial and local government representatives, and drawing on the advice of scientists and engagements with various stakeholders, Cabinet decided this morning that the country should move to alert #level1. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President @CyrilRamaphosa is addressing the nation this evening to update South Africans on the latest developments in our fight against the coronavirus and upcoming changes to lockdown restrictions. https://t.co/bZhEc2HBdF — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Contact tracing  is an important preventative measure to protect yourself and your close family and friends. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: The Department of Health has also developed WhatsApp and SMS systems for people without smartphones to provide them with test results and alert them to any possible exposure to the virus. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
Widespread testing and screening for the virus, as well as contributing to the development of a vaccine, form an important part of government’s COVID-19 response. https://t.co/aFSxpDdhOt — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: The app is completely anonymous, it does not gather any personal information, nor does it track anybody's location. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Using Bluetooth technology, the app will alert any user if they have been in close contact with any other user who has tested positive for coronavirus in the past 14 days. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: I want to make a call this evening to everyone who has a smartphone in South Africa to download the #COVIDAlertSA app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The app has been zero-rated by mobile networks, so you can download it without data costs. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Effective testing and contact tracing systems will allow us to quickly identify and contain outbreaks before they spread further. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Â Alongside increased testing, we are improving contact tracing through the deployment of the COVID Alert South Africa mobile phone app and the COVID Connect WhatsApp platform. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Among the categories of people we will now be able to test are all those who are admitted to hospital, outpatients with COVID symptoms, and individuals who have been in close contact with confirmed cases whether or not they themselves have symptoms. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: We have now taken a decision to keep increasing coronavirus testing. Â Due to the decline in new infections and the reduced pressure on our health facilities, we now have sufficient testing capacity to expand the criteria for testing. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: In many cases, the second wave has been more severe than the first. Several countries have had to re-impose a hard lockdown. Our public health response is now focused on further reducing the transmission of the virus and preparing for a possible resurgence. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: A number of these countries had passed the peak of the disease and had seemingly brought the virus under control. Â Some of them had even lifted most of the restrictions on economic and social activity. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Our greatest challenge now – and our most important task – is to ensure that we do not experience a new surge in infections.  Several countries around the world have been hit by a ‘second wave’ or a resurgence of infections. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President @CyrilRamaphosa on progress in the national effort to contain the #COVID19 pandemic https://t.co/Y16poTjHs5 — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Although we have made remarkable progress, a number of our people are still getting infected and some are losing their lives. Â By any measure, we are still in the midst of a deadly epidemic. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: We are grateful for all the support we received from the Director General of the World Health Organization in Geneva, as well as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: This achievement has also been recognised by the World Health Organisation, which has been working closely with us to strengthen our response. Â As we said earlier they have continued to give us advice and have even deployed their experts to our country. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: I wish to applaud you, the people of South Africa, for this achievement and for the thousands of lives that have been saved through your collective actions. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Demand for hospital beds, ventilators, oxygen and other essential medical requirements has also reduced steadily. We have succeeded in overcoming the worst phase of this epidemic while protecting the capacity of our health system. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Even as restrictions have eased over the last month with our move to alert level 2, there has been a gradual, but steady, decline in new infections, hospitalisations and deaths. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Two months ago, at the height of the storm, we were recording around 12,000 new cases a day. Â Now, we are on average recording less than 2,000 cases a day. Â We now have a recovery rate of 89%. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Our economy and our society have suffered great devastation. We have endured a fierce and destructive storm. Â But, by standing together, by remaining resolute, we have withstood it. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President #Ramaphosa: Exactly half a year has passed since we declared a national state of disaster in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In that time, more than 15,000 South Africans have lost their lives to the disease and more than 650,000 have been confirmed as infected. — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
Following meetings of Cabinet, the National Coronavirus Command Council and the President's Coordinating Council, President @CyrilRamaphosa is updating the nation this evening on developments in government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/TGaZeJkpnS — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
Despite trying conditions and limited resources, South Africa’s hardworking journalists fulfilled their vital democratic function during this pandemic. As a society, we owe them our full support. Find out more in President @CyrilRamaphosa’s weekly message: https://t.co/c8vactzLaZ https://t.co/Dlr0Wk914e — PolitiTweet.org
Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA
President @CyrilRamaphosa will address the nation at 19:00 today, Wednesday, 16 September 2020, on developments in South Africa’s risk-adjusted response to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/WDexthK6hb — PolitiTweet.org
