South Africa Moves To COVID-19 Alert Level 1 – Ramaphosa

CHARLES MOLELE

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa would now move to Level 1 lockdown from 1 March due to a significant drop in COVID-19 infections.

Ramaphosa said during a live address that the infection rate in South Africa, one of the hardest-hit countries on the continent, has dramatically dropped to such an extent that it would be imprudent to keep the country on the same lockdown level as it was at the peak of the Second Wave.  

“New infections, admissions to hospital and deaths have fallen significantly and continue to decline steadily. In the week that has just passed, the country recorded just under 10,000 new infections. A month ago, in the last week of January, the country recorded over 40,000 new cases. And a month before that, in the last week of December, the country recorded close to 90,000 new cases. ,” said Ramaphosa.

“As we