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BusinessLive reports that the Gauteng government has asked the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) for stricter measures in the province, including possibly cutting down on the number of people attending funerals and reintroducing a curfew.
But, it says the economy will not be touched. The province contributes more than a third of the country’s GDP and was particularly hard hit when the economy came to a standstill in March. There has been a surge in infections in the province, where the peak of the virus is expected early in August. Over the weekend, the province asked for stricter implementation of the lockdown regulations as well as the possible reintroduction of a curfew in Gauteng. However, Thabo Masebe, spokesperson for the provincial government, said they did not ask to return to a stricter level of the lockdown. But, the province has proposed that the NCCC start looking at using intermittent local lockdowns as a tool in the fight against the virus. He emphasised that they did not ask for sectors of the economy to be closed. But he added that they have raised the need for stronger enforcement of regulations and believe that gatherings such as marches and social gatherings with friends and family cannot be allowed.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Claudi Mailovich at BusinessLive
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