The government of South Africa he has lifted curfew imposed to stop the spread of COVID-19, but has recognized that the risk of an increase in infections “it’s still high“given the high transmissibility of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.
The South African authorities have justified their decision thanks to the levels of vaccination in the country and pointing out that the health sector still has sufficient capacity.
However, and after an extraordinary meeting, the South African Executive has decided that the use of mask continue to be required and has asked citizens to comply with health protocols.
In this sense, they have limited the number of attendees to indoor events to 1,000 and to 2,000 outdoors, which will have to be accommodated while respecting physical distancing, according to the South African newspaper ‘Sowetan’.
“The risk of an increase in infections is still high given the high transmissibility of the omicron variant“, the South African Executive insisted in a statement. The South African Government assures that” all the indicators “point to the country”may have left behind“the peak of his wave of contagions of the omicron variant.
South Africa, where the omicron variant was first identified, has accounted for more than 3.4 million infections of COVID-19 and more than 91,000 deceased since the pandemic began.
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