With over 55,000 tests completed, the coronavirus has so far infected over 1500 people and killed around a dozen in South Africa, but the authorities fear that this is only the calm before the storm. President Cyril Ramaphosa has imposed a 3-week lockdown and told people to practice social distancing.
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