NEWS RELATED TO covid-19-coronavirus

There is help for heavy drinkers suffering from alcohol withdrawal

Crisis in informal sector as 2.5m entrepreneurs can’t work

Govt must start planning for extended lockdown – DA

Virus fears have overcrowded townships on a knife edge

World

Trump, Putin discuss oil price plunge, coronavirus

World

A Paris mortuary overwhelmed by coronavirus victims

World

Moscow begins lockdown during tougher push to curb virus

Social grants: Two beneficiaries die on first day of payment under lockdown

World

Italy extends lockdown until ‘at least’ April 12

Chaos erupts at makeshift shelter in Tshwane for homeless over food shortages

Khayelitsha woman who tested positive in isolation as health ‘deteriorates’

Social grant payouts go smoothly in Tembisa, but physical distancing a challenge

Crime

Lockdown: Over 200 people arrested in North West

‘Please get me home to my dying son’ – Mom stranded in Cameroon’s plea to govt

Hundreds of Cape Town refugees still sleeping in church, on pavement

Calls for calm after officer, guard arrested for ‘killing man’ in Vosloorus

Netcare hospital pharmacies suspend sales to public for sake of staff, patients

World

New York welcomes hospital ship as coronavirus accelerates

Apply for your workers’ UIF payments – labour department

US government calls on its citizens in SA to register for repatriation

Gauteng health confirms Covid-19 case in Alexandra, but patient travelled to Limpopo

Covid-19: Emergency workers refuse to attend to patient until they get proper equipment

World

The data: How many people could die of Covid-19 in SA?

Mixed reactions from social grant beneficiaries in Alex on first payout day

New world order will emerge on the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic

‘We are poor, we are starving, we are forgotten’ – Diepsloot residents

UPDATE: Five people now in quarantine in Alexandra after contact with positive person

EFF launch party-branded containers of hand sanitiser

Africa

Police patrol streets as Zimbabwe begins coronavirus lockdown

WATCH: 12-pack of beer delivered by drone to ‘thirsty dudes’

World

Mercedes Formula One team helps develop breathing aid for virus patients

Complaints to military ombudsman stream in over SANDF members

Public Health Workgroup calls on businesses for donations of PPE

Numsa accuses bus services company of attempted murder ‘by defying lockdown’

WATCH: Crowd storms Sassa paypoint in KZN, with not a ‘social distance’ in sight

From braais to beatings: SA’s great wall of privilege

EFF tells council speaker she’ll have to attend her ‘urgent’ meeting on her own

DStv to bring Easter service to your home

ConCourt dismisses NGO’s application to access it directly to challenge constitutionality of lockdown

Taxi drivers in Ermelo upset they can’t make any profit due to to lockdown restrictions

Shoprite in Pretoria CBD shut down after cashiers found without masks

Hundreds arrested in Western Cape and Gauteng for breaking lockdown regulations

Travel

Use the shopping trolley method for queue distancing, says Social Development

Health

5 tips for surviving lockdown, from true experts of isolation

The virus is the enemy, not civilians, says Maimane amid calls for action against ‘lawless’ officers

Africa

Zimbabwe begins its own 21-day lockdown

Spar in Mpumalanga installs ‘sneeze shields’ to protect staff, customers from coronavirus

Travel

Police site crashes as Kiwis turn into shutdown informers

Msimanga accuses Masina of misleading Ekurhuleni about Covid-19 ‘vaccine’

SA to participate in Covid-19 clinical trial

A comprehensive guide to understanding the lockdown for parents

Khoisan to continue camping at the Union Buildings during lockdown

Joburg shelters face shortages due to unanticipated numbers of homeless people

World

‘Can my husband spend the weekend with his mistress?’ – French police inundated with oddball virus queries

Juventus shares surge after players’ take pay cut

Crime

Woman in hot water for false Covid-19 voice message

Scrap season if it can’t be finished by end of June says Kane

Limpopo records its first Covid-19 recovery

Retail landlords face rental troubles over Covid-19 lockdown

Defence minister condemns army making people exercise, and excessive use of force

Crime

Con artist targeting pensioners at malls in Durban north, warns resident

Treasury announces additional state of disaster tax measures

‘BBC Dad’ parody shows how moms would handle the same situation

News

Nature may be Covid-19 lockdown’s biggest beneficiary

More than 22,000 traffic officers deployed ahead of social grant payments – Mbalula

Travel

Peak US death rate to hit in April

WATCH: Police and SANDF force Soweto residents to do hard exercise as punishment

Princess Maria Teresa of Spain, 86, dies of coronavirus

Rugby

Lions president reveals crucial Super Rugby meeting on Friday

South African repatriates prove lockdowns work, and that we will overcome – Ramaphosa

Justice department to ‘delete’ its ‘confusing’ directive on letting kids move during lockdown

Limpopo, North West suspend initiation school programmes

Crime

Lockdown: First weekend sees widespread defiance, and police misconduct

How the R150m relief fund for the arts and sports sector will work

South Africa now has 1,280 confirmed cases of Covid-19