Decision expected at weekend on possible reintroduction of hard lockdown for Gauteng
(World News South Africa)

The spectre of a hard lockdown again looms over Gauteng as the government`s National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) meets this weekend to decide how to stem the spike of cases across the province. Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku hinted that an intermittent, harder lockdown could be an option in curbing Gauteng`s infection rate. It is a measure that has been introduced recently in Melbourne, Australia and Israel. In Melbourne, suburbs that have become coronavirus hot spots have gone into localised lockdown. But it is a strategy some believe might not work in South Africa`s most populous...