News24.com | WRAP | Jail time for coronavirus fake news, bars must close at 18:00 and beware coronavirus cyber attacks
2020-03-18 23:10
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1. Spreading fake news about the coronavirus can land you in jail for six months, according to new Disaster Management Act regulations that have been gazetted in the wake of the coronavirus.
2. The regulations also say people who intentionally expose others to the disease can face a similar sentence.All bars, shebeens and some restaurants must close by 18:00, as part of the new regulations. On Sundays and public holidays, the closing time is 13:00.
#CoronaVirusSA: All bars, shebeens and some restaurants must close at 18:00 under strict new state rules with immediate effecthttps://t.co/zFeUNp9TXM pic.twitter.com/gQCu5U7bft
— News24 (@News24) March 18, 2020
3. In our latest podcast, we speak to South Africans living in Europe, who have described life under intense lockdowns and how panic buying has gripped people.
4. Loud cheers rang out when it was announced that the six people quarantined on a cruise ship docked at Cape Town tested negative for the coronavirus. More than 1700 passengers are on board, and they have been stuck on the ship since the fears of the outbreak. They will find out in due course whether they will finally be allowed to disembark.
5. Don’t be a victim: coronavirus-related cyber attacks have increased, reports AFP. This can include a shrewdly designed email which details your company’s new “work from home” policy, which contains a link which can hack your network. This comes as millions of people worldwide move to work remotely because of the coronavirus outbreak. Cyber attacks can trick people into giving up their personal credentials.
6. Zimbabwe declares a disaster state, despite there being no confirmed cases. The country is on high alert, and is anticipating the coronavirus will have a serious impact.
7. My coronavirus diary: a local woman describes the change who visited Berlin on a work trip describes the mood in the German city during the outbreak, and what it has been like to self-quarantine in her Cape Town home.
8. The Muslim Judicial Council has called for a suspension of Friday prayer congregations, but has not called for mosques to close.
– Compiled by Kerushun Pillay
can land you in jail for six months, according to new Disaster Management Act regulations that have been gazetted in the wake of the coronavirus.
2. The regulations also say people who intentionally expose others to the disease can face a similar sentence.All bars, shebeens and some restaurants must close by 18:00, as part of the new regulations. On Sundays and public holidays, the closing time is 13:00.
#CoronaVirusSA: All bars, shebeens and some restaurants must close at 18:00 under strict new state rules with immediate effecthttps://t.co/zFeUNp9TXM pic.twitter.com/gQCu5U7bft
— News24 (@News24) March 18, 2020
3. In our latest podcast, we speak to South Africans living in Europe, who have described life under intense lockdowns and how panic buying has gripped people.
4. Loud cheers rang out when it was announced that the six people quarantined on a cruise ship docked at Cape Town tested negative for the coronavirus. More than 1700 passengers are on board, and they have been stuck on the ship since the fears of the outbreak. They will find out in due course whether they will finally be allowed to disembark.
5. Don’t be a victim: coronavirus-related cyber attacks have increased, reports AFP. This can include a shrewdly designed email which details your company’s new “work from home” policy, which contains a link which can hack your network. This comes as millions of people worldwide move to work remotely because of the coronavirus outbreak. Cyber attacks can trick people into giving up their personal credentials.
6. Zimbabwe declares a disaster state, despite there being no confirmed cases. The country is on high alert, and is anticipating the coronavirus will have a serious impact.
7. My coronavirus diary: a local woman describes the change who visited Berlin on a work trip describes the mood in the German city during the outbreak, and what it has been like to self-quarantine in her Cape Town home.
8. The Muslim Judicial Council has called for a suspension of Friday prayer congregations, but has not called for mosques to close.
– Compiled by Kerushun Pillay“>
