(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) New Coronary Pneumonia diagnosed cases break through 40,000 South Africa extends national disaster state time
China News Agency, Johannesburg, June 4th (Reporter Wang Xi) Jackson Mthembu, the director of the South African Presidential Office, announced at a regular press conference on the 4th that when the state's state of disaster reaches three months, The South African government decided to continue to extend the state of national disaster from June 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020.
On March 15 this year, ten days after the discovery of the first confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa, South African President Ramaphosa declared a state of national disaster. Now that nearly three months have passed, although the South African epidemic has been controlled to a certain extent, the situation is still not optimistic. On June 4, South Africa added 3,267 confirmed cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to more than 40,000, reaching 40,797.
According to South African law, the state of national disaster can be maintained for a maximum of 90 days, and then according to actual needs, it can be extended one month at a time before its failure.
Regarding the extension of the state of the national disaster, Mtenbu said that the South African government finally made the above decision out of the severity of the current new coronary pneumonia epidemic and the safety of the lives and property of the South African people. In the early part of next month, the South African government will also make a scientific deployment based on the development of the epidemic situation and decide whether to continue to extend the time of the national disaster state. "I think our decision is correct and reasonable, because our decision has saved many lives." He said. (Finish)