South African President Announces Allowing Traffic with Some Countries September 17, 8:01
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the number of new infections with the new coronavirus has decreased significantly, and has been easing restrictions on going out, reopening the border from next month, and going to and from some countries. Announced that it will be accepted.
According to the AU = African Union, the total number of infected people in Africa exceeds 1.36 million, of which South Africa accounts for nearly half, at about 650,000.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a television speech yesterday that the number of new infections per day was about 12,000 two months before the peak, but is now below 2,000. "We're out of the worst phase," he said.
On top of that, it announced that it will open the border, which had been virtually closed since late March, from the 1st of next month in order to normalize the economy.
However, it will continue to ban traffic to countries with a high risk of infection, and will soon clarify the countries that allow traffic.
South Africa is Africa's largest industrialized country, and many Japanese companies have business bases in Africa, so will it be possible for business people to travel to and from other African countries, including Japan? Interest is growing.