Western Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said no arrests have been made yet.

Government has explained that while the lockdown regulations have been relaxed to allow some economic activity, it doesn’t give people free reign to move around as the WHO warns against the issuing of ‘immunity passports’.

More than 24,000 tests have been carried out in the province, which is now the epicentre of the outbreak, having surpassed Gauteng this week.

Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said food shops are proving to be the new breeding ground for COVID-19.

Government has on Saturday afternoon clarified some of the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this week to ease the lockdown to allow for some economic activity from the 1 May.

The former tennis coach was sentenced to six years in prison in 2015 after he was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting three youths in the 1980s and 90s. The former Grand Slam champion was jailed in September 2016.

Officials singled out government’s meticulously crafted approach to stay ahead of the virus’ spread.

The revised expenditure resulting from the army's deployment in the COVID-19 fight now stands at over R4.5 billion.

Vinpro's Rico Basson said the wine industry lost R200 million a week on exports due to the revised lockdown regulations; and that the move had huge financial repercussions on the sector.

At present, South Africa is the only wine-producing country globally that is not allowed to export.

The intermediary agency between government and various research institutions supports all university and science council initiatives to combat the global pandemic.

In the past week, there have been complaints from communities that they are being left to starve.

Health authorities are paying particular attention to vulnerable areas where high levels of poverty and high-density living make for the perfect environment for the virus to spread.

The province now has 702 confirmed cases, an increase of 26 in a day.

Pulmonology Professor Coenie Koegelenberg experimented with the idea of performing virtual ward rounds before the country’s lockdown was announced.

Addressing the media on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus, said that more than 70 vaccines were also in development.

The two-wheeled bot named Quinton will help reduce the time doctors are physically present with infected patients. Clinical Training Facility

There are currently 2,173 cases of the coronavirus in South Africa, and 25 people have died. Twelve of the COVID-19 related fatalities occurred in KwaZulu-Natal.