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    Army readying troop deployment in coronavirus fight

    By Agency Staff23 March 2020
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    South Africa’s army is readying troops to help the police curb the spread of coronavirus, one of a series of measures President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering to deal with the outbreak.

    A week after he declared a state of national disaster, the number of cases of the disease has more than quadrupled to 274 in South Africa. Ramaphosa will address the nation later on Monday, a day after meeting business leaders and members of the National Command Council that’s coordinating the response to the illness.

    A South African Army Infantry Formation warning order seen by Bloomberg calls for the deployment of two sub-units of a batallion in Gauteng, the nation’s economic heartland. One sub-unit is to be posted to each of South Africa’s remaining eight provinces, according to the order dated 22 March and signed by brigadier-general Bayanda Mkula.

    All leave has been cancelled while the order is in force, which will be at least 21 days and as long as three months

    “This conceptually entails supporting other government departments in terms of disaster relief, humanitarian assistance and crisis response,” it said. All leave has been cancelled while the order is in force, which will be at least 21 days and as long as three months, it said.

    The army will give assistance to the police and the forces are encouraged to execute tasks, such as searches and cordons, in concert.

    Defence ministry spokesman Siphiwe Dlamini said he couldn’t immediately comment as he was in a meeting.  — Reported by Paul Vecchiatto and Paul Burkhardt, with assistance from Mike Cohen, (c) 2020 Bloomberg LP



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