Make Your Own Food: Restaurants And Delivery Services To Close During Lockdown – It’s official: not only are all restaurants, bars and coffee shops forced to close during South Africa’s 21-day lockdown, but they may not do home deliveries or takeaways. [timeslive]

That includes Uber Eats and Mr D Food – see here. For our comprehensive lockdown guide, which will be updated as new information becomes available, see here.

Trump Says He Wants The Country ‘Opened Up And Just Raring To Go By Easter,’ Despite Health Experts’ Warnings – “I give it two weeks,” Trump said earlier in the town hall, suggesting he was ready to phase out his 15-day self-isolating guidelines when they expire. [cnn]

Coronavirus Spreading In New York Like ‘A Bullet Train’ – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday the US has the potential to become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. [bbc]

SA’s Total COVID-19 Tally Rises To 554 – It will take time for the 21-day national lockdown from Thursday at midnight to have an effect and reduce the spread of Covid-19, health minister Zweli Mkhize says. [buslive]

This figure has now been amended to 709 in a morning briefing by Minister of Health, Dr. Zweli Mkhize.

I Think My Dad And I Have The Coronavirus, Says Eco-Warrior Greta Thunberg – The eco-warrior, 17, revealed both she and Svante, 50, had shown symptoms after their recent tour of Europe taken by train before travel restrictions were put in place. [iol]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Again Says Coronavirus Concern Overblown – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is sticking to his argument that concern about the new coronavirus is overblown, and he contends the media is trying to stoke nationwide hysteria. [abc]

SpaceX Reports Problem During Crew Dragon Parachute Test – SpaceX said March 24 that one of the final parachute tests for its Crew Dragon spacecraft went awry, a problem it blamed on the test setup and not a flaw with the parachutes themselves. [spacenews]

Bill Gates Says We Can’t Restart The Economy Soon And Simply “Ignore That Pile Of Bodies Over In The Corner” – Gates rebuked the proposal of leaders like Donald Trump. [vox]

And no, Bill Gates didn’t write that nonsense doing the rounds on WhatsApp – that’s fake news.

FAKE NEWS ALERT: Uber Has Not Been Suspended At Night – South Africa’s largest e-hailing service, Uber, has not suspended services between 19:00 and 06:00 due to coronavirus. [businsider]

Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Show How Invasive Species Can Restore A Lost World – Descendants of the drug lord’s pets bear similarities to extinct megafauna. [guardian]

UCT Academics At War – Two associate professors have locked horns in a leadership tussle that has reached the desk of the vice-chancellor. [citypress]

Now Is The Time To Win A Wine Hamper Worth R2 550 – Do you know what will significantly improve your evenings during lockdown? Winning an Anthonij Rupert Wyne Cape of Good Hope hamper. [here]

Mixed Feelings About Tokyo 2020 Postponement – For 70 years athletes could set a clock that once every 48 months, they could have their tilt at glory and everlasting recognition – until now. [dailymaverick]

Convicted Rapist Bob Hewitt To Be Freed On Parole – Australia-born Hewitt was convicted in May 2015 of raping two girls aged 12 and 13 in the early 1980s, and of indecently assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 1994. [sport24]

Liam Gallagher Demands Oasis Reunion To Help NHS ‘When All This Is Over’ – Rock ‘n’ Roll Star Liam Gallagher has been providing much-needed light relief online throughout the coronavirus pandemic. [skynews]

The Gwyneth Paltrow-Approved Doctor Pushing Wacky Coronavirus Conspiracies – Kelly Brogan, a Goop contributor and a friend of Gwyneth Paltrow, has been posting videos to her large online following claiming the coronavirus likely doesn’t exist. [dbeast]

Inside Mark Wahlberg’s Dark Criminal Past – Mark Wahlberg has given a rare interview opening up about his past criminal behaviour, culminating in jail time for the brutal assault of a stranger. [newsau]

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