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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the country would remain at lockdown level 1 after a recent increase in Covid-19 cases across the country has been met with positive responses.
The Covid-19 positivity rate in South Africa is back under 5% as the country moves to Adjusted Lockdown Level 1.
On Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa placed the country under alert level 1 lockdown effective from Friday.
With South Africans set to go to the polls in exactly a month, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the decision to ease COVID-19 regulations to level 1 was purely informed by scientists and not to please any political leader.
The National Liquor Traders Council said while it welcomed the move to level 1 lockdown, it wants the president to commit to maintaining the status quo while other sustainable means of containing COVID-19 were explored to complement the vaccine drive.