EFF calls on a return to lockdown Level 5 amidst rising Covid-19 infections sand fatalities
30 June 2020
The EFF calls on Ramaphosa's government to return the country to Level 5 lockdown for three months. Over the past seven days alone, the country has reported over 40 000 cases, with a daily average of 6000. No amount of social distancing, wearing masks, sanitization will help reduce the rise in infections and death. The only strategy that will help us is "staying at home".
The fact is that as things stand, both the private and public healthcare systems will not be able to cater to the rising numbers of positive COVID-19 cases. As a result, thousands of people will die simply because they cannot get access to healthcare. In the next few weeks majority of companies, schools and other public spaces will be unable to operate as workers and customers will be infected. Before this happens, the responsible and constitutionally imperative thing to do is prevent the loss of lives.
Our democratic government has the responsibility to act in the interest of the paramount right to life. No other right comes above the right to life. If we cannot live, we cannot enjoy any other basic human right.
In order to sustain Level 5 lockdown for three months, the following must be done: