(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) South Africa Extends "National Disaster State" to October 15
China News Agency, Johannesburg, September 2 (Reporter Wang Xi) The Minister of the Presidential Office of South Africa, Mondelli Gangubel, notified at a regular press conference on the 2nd: In response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the South African government has decided to extend the “national disaster status”. "Until October 15 this year.
Since entering the "national disaster state" on March 15, 2020, South Africa has now maintained this state for nearly 20 months.
Gangubel pointed out that as of the end of August this year, South Africa has vaccinated more than 12.5 million people with one or two doses of the new crown pneumonia vaccine, and as the number of vaccination sites increases, the number of vaccination will continue to rise.
He called on South Africans who have not yet been vaccinated to complete the vaccination as soon as possible to reduce the incidence of severe and death cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa, thereby reducing the pressure on the national medical system.
As for whether the South African government is currently considering relaxing the various bans against the epidemic, Gangubel admitted that this means reduced restrictions on the sale of alcohol products, shorter curfews, and more social gatherings. The South African government currently does not have this. plan.
He explained that before making the decision to relax the ban on the epidemic, the South African government must consider the three elements of the new crown pneumonia infection rate, the burden of the medical system, and whether the South African people can continue to comply with the epidemic prevention regulations. The current third wave of new crown pneumonia in South Africa is still Under continued circumstances, the South African government must maintain the current epidemic prevention bans unchanged.
South Africa’s Minister of Health, Joe Fahra, also expressed concern about the current epidemic.
He pointed out that with the delay in ending the third wave of the epidemic, South Africa is very likely to usher in the fourth wave of the epidemic in November this year. This means that South African medical workers basically do not get proper rest time, so they will Ushering in new challenges, especially the emergence of the new crown pneumonia C.1.2 variant virus, will undoubtedly increase the pressure on epidemic prevention in South Africa.
He called on the South African people not to relax their vigilance and must continue to strictly abide by the various epidemic prevention regulations.
As of press time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has reached 2,796,405, with 82,914 deaths.
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