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South Africa has extended tight COVID-19 rules for another 14 days, maintaining restrictions that include a ban on gatherings, a curfew from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., and a prohibition on the sale of alcohol.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in a televised address to the nation “Our health system countrywide remains under pressure,”
” The cabinet had decided to maintain “adjusted alert level 4” for another 14 days, although restaurants would be able to serve food on their premises again subject to strict health protocols. Gyms would also be allowed to reopen under certain conditions, ” he said.
Ramaphosa added that a government advisory committee was working on how soon to bring Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine into the Covid-19 immunization program.
Early this month South Africa recorded a new record of over 26,000 daily cases, stretching hospitals to breaking point.
The country, the worst hit on the African continent in terms of recorded cases and deaths, is in the grip of the third wave of infections driven by the more infectious Delta coronavirus variant.
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