Letters to my Grandchild

Hello my darling Em,   We've had  Level 4 restrictions from1 May to 30 May.  This meant we could leave our cottages again or walk in the village at Sandown.  Now we are allowed to exercise - walk, jog, cycle between 6am and 9am within a 5km radius of our homes.  People who work are not happy.  They have to leave early to get to work and can't exercise after 5pm. Next month we could go to Level 3 and then we might be allowed to travel out of our municipal district.  If that happens we might go to iMfolozi for a day visit.  We still can't stay overnight anywhere or drive out of our province which is KwaZulu-Natal. I ordered a Corona Fighting Princess face shield for you and your Mom and Dad got you a face shield as well! Gumpie and I are wearing our masks all the time too.  Because we can't go out to buy potting soil, and garden stuff isn't 'essential' we still can't buy any soil or compost.  So I've started collecting the sand from mole heaps near the

On 1 May we went to Level 4  As at 1 May  the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa was  5951. The total number of tests conducted to date is  217 522 , of which  9992  were done in the last 24 hours Recoveries stand at  2382  as of 29 April 2020 “Level 4 means that some activity can be allowed to resume, subject to extreme precautions required to limit community transmission and outbreaks,” Ramaphosa explained. Dlamini-Zuma in her presentation described this level as when the virus is spreading at a moderate to high rate with the health care system having little to moderate readiness.  Simply put, this means that the virus is spreading rapidly and infecting a large number of people, more than what the health care system will be able to handle. Sale of cigarettes and alcohol prohibited The sale of cigarettes and alcohol, however, remains prohibited. Any form of liquor is also not permitted to be distributed. “The non-sale of alcohol has freed the hospitals; our emerg