The number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in South Africa approaches 520,000, and the president angrily denounces the profit-making behavior of the epidemic

　(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of confirmed cases of New Coronary Pneumonia in South Africa is approaching 520,000.

　　China News Agency, Johannesburg, August 4 (Reporter Wang Xi) As of August 4, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa reached 516,862, and the number of deaths was 8539, continuing to rank first in the African continent.

　　It is worth mentioning that on the 3rd, 5377 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly diagnosed. This is the first time that South Africa has had less than 6,000 newly diagnosed cases in a single day in the past month. At the beginning of this month, South African President Ramaphosa and Health Minister Mukez successively stated that South Africa’s efforts to combat the new crown pneumonia epidemic have received “positive signals” and the number of infections has gradually slowed down. This allows the outside world to see South Africa's victory over the new crown. Hope of pneumonia epidemic.

On July 22, local time, in Johannesburg, South Africa, a clerk in a liquor store puts on a face mask to sort the goods in the refrigerator. Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Xi

　　However, in the process of fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, South Africa has seen a series of allegations of corruption. In particular, Diko, spokesman of the Presidential Office of South Africa, and Suku, Director of the Health Bureau of Gauteng, have also been involved in this and become the people of South Africa. The focus of attention. Currently, Dico and others have been temporarily suspended. In this regard, Ramaphosa expressed strong indignation and said that the South African government strongly condemned those groups or individuals who profited from the epidemic and obtained illegal gains. “At the moment when South Africa enters a state of national disaster, their behavior is extremely shameful, and the South African government will respond. It has adopted severe sanctions."

　　Ramaphosa confirmed that he has instructed South African law enforcement agencies to conduct detailed investigations of these allegations in order to combat any violation of the rights and interests of the South African people. The ANC, the ruling party of Ramaphosa, also stated that once the investigation results are released, they will take measures against relevant groups or individuals and will never tolerate any corruption. (Finish)