South Africa has the highest number of infected people Relaxation of restrictions on economic activities announced on August 16 at 5:59
South Africa's President Lamapoza, who has the highest number of new coronaviruses in Africa, has announced that it will lift almost all restrictions on economic activity, saying that the number of new cases has fallen sharply and exceeded the peak. However, the de facto blockade of the border continues, and international flight operations remain unopened.
The cumulative number of new coronavirus infections in South Africa exceeds 570,000, accounting for more than half of the African continent and the fifth largest in the world, but the rate of increase has slowed in recent years.
In such a situation, President Rama Poza pointed out in a speech to the public on the 15th, that the newly confirmed number of infected people per day has dropped from 12,000 to around 5000 people in the past three weeks, "We have come to a sign of hope. South Africa has crossed the peak of the infection," he said, recognizing that the spread of the infection had stopped.
In addition to allowing almost all restrictions on economic activity, it will allow travel to other states and resume tobacco and liquor sales.
On the other hand, he said, "Relaxing the restrictions does not reduce the risk of infection and you should not relax your vigilance." He continued to call for measures such as wearing masks and keeping people apart.
In addition, we will continue to prohibit international travel, which is of great interest to expatriates including Japanese, and will not resume international flight operations.