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BusinessLive reports that as SA emerges from its third wave of coronavirus infections, cabinet has agreed to further ease lockdown restrictions and move the country from adjusted alert level 2 to level 1.
This was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday. The move will offer some relief to industries hard hit by the government’s stop-start restrictions, which have hit the tourism, hospitality and liquor industries particularly hard. Simultaneously, the president appealed to the millions of South Africans still hesitating about getting vaccinated to get inoculated as soon as possible and shore up the flagging immunisation drive. He urged people to take advantage of the government’s new weekend vaccination campaign, which kicks off on Friday. The country exited its third wave on Sunday, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. Under adjusted level 1, the curfew will begin at midnight and end at 4am. Curbs on alcohol sales have been scrapped except for a prohibition on sales after 11pm. The size of indoor gatherings will be increased from 250 to 750, while outdoor gatherings will increase from 500 to 2,000, provided social distancing is maintained. Funerals will be permitted to have up to 100 people in attendance, but post-funeral gatherings remain prohibited. Masks will still be required in public. Ramaphosa said the health department was still working on a vaccination certificate.
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