President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to chair two key meetings on Tuesday as signals point towards a possible easing of Covid-19 restrictions, amid a decline of new infections.
His office said he will lead a National Economic Development and Labour Council meeting, attended by representatives of
“The meeting is expected to deliberate on a report from the national coronavirus command council on the country's response to the pandemic,” the presidency said. “Supporting this decline is also a demonstrable decline in persons under investigation, general ward admissions, ICU admissions, deaths and excess deaths. Consistency across these indicators reassures us that indeed we are in the midst of a trough in the pandemic.”
At the height of the epidemic, these sample hospitals were reporting between 6,400 and 6,800 admissions per week. Commenting on the Covid lockdown restrictions, under the national state of disaster, Mkhize said: “Having observed evidence that suggests a sustained decline in coronavirus transmission, as the department of health we have considered easing restrictions in various aspects — such as the curfew, sale of alcohol, religious gatherings, and travel restrictions — for the national coronavirus command council, which will make final recommendations to cabinet.
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