President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday night that SA would not go back to a hard lockdown
Speaking during a national address, Ramaphosa said that going back to a level 4 or level 5 lockdown"would not necessarily achieve a significant reduction in the rate of transmission".
Also, he said, this could"come at a great and extraordinary economic cost, putting more livelihoods at risk and potentially causing long lasting social harm". "Cabinet has decided that the country will remain at alert level 3 at this stage, but that we should however strengthen the enforcement of existing regulations," he said.
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