Charles Molele
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday that consultations are underway to move the country to Level 3 of the nationwide lockdown by end of May.
Ramaphosa told South Africans that some parts of the country with higher infection rates of COVID-19 would remain under Level 4 Lockdown and that changes to that level of restrictions would be announced in the coming days after consultations with various stakeholders.
He pointed out that the country’s hardest-hit cities are set to keep lockdown restrictions in place as the rest of the country emerges from Level 4 lockdown.
Months into the crisis, the Western Cape, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal remain the epicentres of the country’s coronavirus, having recorded more than 90% of the national total of confirmed cases.
In March, the National Coronavirus Command Council recommended that metros which are regard as epicentres should remain under lockdown, adding that these
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