Ramaphosa To address The Nation Next Week On The Government’s Response To COVID-19 – Mthembu

CHARLES MOLELE

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address the nation next week on the developments of the country’s risk-adjusted strategy to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu said on Thursday.

This comes amid speculation that government is contemplating another hard lockdown which would the closure of restaurants and nightclubs to corral a surge of the coronavirus.

Mthembu told a post-Cabinet media briefing that Ramaphosa’s address to the nation would be preceded by a meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council, followed by another Cabinet meeting.

“Cabinet will deliberate the outcomes of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) to be held next week. President Ramaphosa will thereafter brief the nation on the developments in South Africa’s risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of COVID-19,” said Mthembu.

Last week, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala warned of another hard lockdown if people continue to flout social distancing