Gyms, entertainment sites and libraries have been closed under level 4 of the Covid-19 lockdown.

This as government seeks to shut down spaces where people can gather in an effort to drastically limit physical social contact and ultimately curtail the spread of Covid-19.

The highly infectious Delta variant has been found in five out of the nine provinces. Scientists advising government believe its becoming the dominant variant and is driving the surge in new infections in Gauteng.