President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday night the country will implement a partial easing of the current Covid-19 lockdown after April 30, to spare the economy and save jobs.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday night the country would implement a partial easing of the current Covid-19 lockdown after April 30, to spare the economy and save jobs.
Level 2 involves the further easing of restrictions, but the maintenance of physical distancing and restrictions on some leisure and social activities to prevent a resurgence of the virus. Ramaphosa said the coronavirus alert level will be lowered from level 5 to level 4 with effect from Friday May 1.“This means that some activity will be allowed to resume subject to extreme precautions to limit community transmission and outbreaks,” he explained.Some businesses will be allowed to resume operations under specific conditions.
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