President of South Africa: The second wave of the epidemic has passed its peak, and the level of the “blockade order” of the epidemic has been lowered

　　China News Agency, Johannesburg, February 28 (Reporter Wang Xi) South African President Ramaphosa announced in a national television speech on the evening of the 28th that as the new crown pneumonia epidemic in South Africa improves, the South African government has decided to relax the "blockade order" against the epidemic. , Downgraded from the current level three to level one.

　　Ramaphosa said that although it is more destructive than the first wave of the epidemic, with the joint efforts of the people of South Africa, the peak of the second round of the epidemic has now passed smoothly.

In order to speed up the pace of economic recovery, the South African government decided to lower the level of the "blockade order" against the epidemic from three to one, and appropriately relax individual management regulations: the curfew time is adjusted from 23:00 to 4 o'clock the next day. Daily from 0 am to 4 pm; the ban on public gatherings including political and religious activities is lifted, but the regulations on epidemic prevention management must be strictly followed, and the number of indoor and outdoor activities is limited to 100 and 250 people respectively; 33 South African land routes Ports continue to be closed, and five airport ports remain open.

　　Ramaphosa emphasized that the relaxation of individual management regulations this time does not mean that the overall prevention and control of the epidemic will be slack. The South African people still need to continue to comply with various epidemic prevention regulations.

At the same time, due to the existence of mutated viruses, South Africa is still facing a high risk of the third peak of the epidemic.

　　In response to the vaccination progress of concern to the outside world, Ramaphosa revealed that since the start of South Africa's first batch of new crown pneumonia vaccination work, South Africa has now vaccinated 67,000 medical workers.

According to the plan, South Africa will set up 49 vaccination sites across the country next week.

Once the first batch of vaccination work for medical workers is completed, the second round of vaccination work for the elderly, patients with chronic diseases, basic industry workers and other groups is expected to start from the end of April to the beginning of May.

　　As of press time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa reached 1,513,393 and 49,993 deaths.

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