South Africa Bans Alcohol Sale, Mandates Use Of Facemasks In Public
Channels Television Updated December 28, 2020 This file photo taken on August 18, 2020 shows a customer buying alcohol at a liquor shop in Craighall Park, Johannesburg. Michele Spatari / AFP President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a new ban on alcohol sales and said mask-wearing will be mandatory in public after South Africa became the continent’s first to record one million coronavirus cases. Ramaphosa justified a raft of new measures by a “rapid rise” in infections, most by a new strain of the virus feared to be more contagious. He pointed the finger at “super-spreaderâ€...