Ramaphosa addresses nation on latest Covid-19 developments

The ANC's top leadership will be meeting with Jacob Zuma soon, President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed on Friday during an engagement with the SA National Editors' Forum. File photo.
The ANC's top leadership will be meeting with Jacob Zuma soon, President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed on Friday during an engagement with the SA National Editors' Forum. File photo. (GCIS)

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 8pm on Sunday night on the latest Covid-19 developments.

In a statement on Sunday afternoon, the presidency said that the address would be on “developments in the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic”.

“The address follows meetings in recent days of the national coronavirus command council (NCCC), the president’s co-ordinating council (PCC) and cabinet,” the statement said.

The address comes as SA had, by Saturday night, a confirmed tally of 1,512,225 Covid-19 infections countrywide and 49,941 confirmed Covid-19 related fatalities.

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