(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The South African government upgrades the "blockade order" level in response to the second round of the peak of the new crown epidemic
China News Agency, Johannesburg, December 28 (Reporter Wang Xi) South African President Ramaphosa announced on the 28th in a national television speech that: in response to the current peak of the second round of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the South African government has decided to issue a “blockade order” against the epidemic. "The level has risen from one to three.
On October 1st of this year, the South African government fully lifted all previous bans against the epidemic when the national epidemic improved, in order to accelerate economic recovery.
However, in just over a month, the epidemic in South Africa has shown a rebound trend.
Especially since December, the epidemic situation has deteriorated rapidly. In addition to the second round of infection peak, the virus has also been found to have mutated.
On December 27, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa exceeded 1 million, reaching 1,04,413.
Ramaphosa said that the emergence of the mutant virus and the relaxation of the South African people have caused the rapid spread of this round of the epidemic. Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu Natal have become the four most severely affected. province.
At the same time, more than 41,000 medical workers were infected, making the South African medical system overwhelmed.
In order to curb the spread of the new crown pneumonia virus, Ramaphosa announced that from now on, the South African government will upgrade the level of the new crown pneumonia epidemic from the current level one to the third level.
The specific measures mainly include: before January 15 next year, South Africa will ban the sale of all alcohol products nationwide; during the blockade period, South Africans will be banned from all gatherings except for funerals; the curfew will be from the original 23:00 to the next day. 4 o'clock, extended to 21 o'clock every day to 6 o'clock the next day; all beaches, rivers, reservoirs, beaches, swimming pools, etc. across the country will be closed; the South African government has newly designated nearly 20 epidemic hot spots; all non-fundamental business operations are not allowed It ends after 20 o'clock every day; people must wear masks when going out, otherwise they will face the risk of prosecution.
In response to the development of the new crown pneumonia vaccine that is of concern to the outside world, Ramaphosa responded that the South African government has now launched global procurement and everything is proceeding as planned.
Previously, he said that it is expected that 10% of the total population of South Africa (about 5 million) will be vaccinated first in the first half of next year.
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