to south africa but what do people in the country think our correspondent in capetown at the end creech sent us this update people here are divided about the government's decision to bring the south africans in one big hole many are criticizing the timing already many weeks ago other nations have been bringing their people back home but the government here has been debating and debating and they're only taking action now at a time where the number of cases is going down in china i do this slowly increasing here in south africa on the other hand family members are of course very happy that this is going to happen now they've been lobbying forward with the government for weeks it was a very frustrating time for many of them and although it will still take quite some time until they can physically see their family members remember they have to go in quarantine 1st the moment of their return is definitely going to be a moment of happiness and relief for them. all right that's a good place reporting there from cape town but is it on now from africa you can catch all stories on our website an

to africa correspondent adrienne creech joins us from cape town welcome what's it like that on day one of this lockdown. well phil you can see behind me it is empty i'm on normally one of the busiest streets in the center of cape town on long street and there's almost nobody everybody is forced to stay at home as the sign says right behind me this is the order for the next 3 weeks and it will be enforced according to the president and his ministers nobody is allowed to leave the house it's only for essential services if you go to a supermarket for example but you're not allowed not even alone to walk around to go for jogging to walk your dog this is all forbidden so it's really very tough weeks ahead for south africa but it is necessary and necessary step the president says looking at the numbers how they're growing they have reached more than 1000 corona cases today so following on from those numbers how is the country's health care infrastructure coping. well at the moment it is still coping rather well but this is at the moment the reason why president took the decision was quite cl

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