Covid-19: South Africa’s president loosens curbs, shortens curfew

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Johannesburg - The country would move down one level in a five-tier system of restrictions.

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Published: Sun 12 Sep 2021, 10:44 PM

South Africa will ease Covid-19 restrictions, including shortening a nationwide curfew and extending the hours of alcohol sales, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a televised address on Sunday.

Ramaphosa announced the country would move down one level in a five-tier system of restrictions, where five is the highest, to an ‘adjusted level 2’ as a severe third wave of infections driven by the Delta variant tails off.



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