Johannesburg, July 13 (AFP/APP): South Africa re-imposed a nationwide curfew on Sunday while Spain’s Catalonia region forced hundreds of thousands of residents back into lockdown as coronavirus cases accelerated in many parts of the world.
Since the start of July nearly 2.5 million new infections have been reported, a record level since the first outbreak of the disease in China last year, according to an AFP tally.
In just a month-and-a-half the number of cases worldwide has doubled, according to the count based on official figures.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country faced a “coronavirus storm” that was “far fiercer and more destructive than any we have known before” as he re-imposed a night-time curfew and also a ban on alcohol sales lifted barely six weeks ago.
“As we head towards the peak of infections, it is vital that we do not burden our clinics and hospitals with alcohol-related injuries,” Ramaphosa said.
New coronavirus infections have topped 12,000 per day — or 500 per hour — in South Africa in recent days, making it the fourth-biggest contributor to new worldwide cases after the United States, Brazil and India.
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