President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Members of Parliament during a question and answer session that rumours of an imminent move to lockdown alert level three this week are not true. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to be alarmist. I don\u2019t want our people to be alarmed with rumours such as that we are going to level three. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat is simply not true and I want to assure everyone that that is not true. If it ever gets there, I will be the one to advise the nation where we are and where we are going. For now, all we need to do is to adhere to our preventative measures – wear your mask,\u201d he said on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
This comes after reports of people attending large gatherings, in some cases violating lockdown regulations by not wearing masks or observing social distancing. <\/p>\n
The President said he had received a report from the medical advisory group. The team of advisors has been analysing the rate of infections. <\/p>\n
\u201cI received a report today, and I want to look at it very closely,\u201d he said, adding that it is only \u201cin the coming days, possibly next week\u201d, that he might take the opportunity to address the nation about what needs to be done in light of the circumstances. <\/p>\n
\u201cWith regards to these rumours that are going around [regarding the lockdown level]\u2026 I would like to say that we are continuing to actively analyse and manage the situation, with the assistance of the medical advisory group, where they are analysing the incidence of infection as it unfolds throughout the country,\u201d the President said. <\/p>\n
He said, however, that government is observing signs that are of concern. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs South Africans, we are not all adhering to the protective measures such as wearing our masks and washing our hands. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat is worrying and we must continue to \u2026 make sure that we adhere to the measures that have been placed on us by the medical advisory committee\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cCOVID-19\u2026 is a serious condition and we need to adhere to the safety measures, particularly now.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we move towards the fun period of December where people will let their guard down, this is what is of concern and we are watching that.\u201d \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Members of Parliament during a question and answer session that rumours of an imminent move to lockdown alert level three this week are not true. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be alarmist. I don\u2019t want our people to be alarmed with rumours such as that we are going to level three. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-170288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}