FILE PHOTO: Passengers queue to check in for flights at Cape Town International Airport, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Cape Town, South Africa, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will impose a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from midnight on Thursday to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday, as the number of confirmed cases jumped by 128 to 402.
Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation that South Africa needed to escalate its response dramatically to curb the spread of infection.
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