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A shopper walks through the Rosebank shopping mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday March 23, 2020. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is to address the nation later in the day to announce the latest measures taken to control the spread to the coronavirus in South Africa. For most people the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For others it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

A shopper walks through the Rosebank shopping mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday March 23, 2020. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is to address the nation later in the day to announce the latest measures taken to control the spread to the coronavirus in South Africa. For most people the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For others it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Jerome …

March 23, 2020

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South Africa to go into nationwide lockdown from Thursday
March 23, 2020 5:45 p.m.

South Africa to go into nationwide lockdown from Thursday

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa, Africa's most industrialized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will to go into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days starting Thursday to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the president said Monday.