South Africa has put an end to Covid curbs including the wearing of face masks.
Health minister Joe Phaahla published a notice in the Government Gazette on Wednesday repealing the country’s Covid–19 regulations.
“I Mathume Joseph Phaahla, minister of Health hereby repeal Regulations 16A, 16B and 16C of the Regulations Relating to the Surveillance and the Control of Notifiable Medical Conditions… in their entirety,” the two-paragraph notice states.Regulation 16A dealt with mask-wearing, 16B contained the regulations on gatherings, and 16C were the regulations for international travellers entering South Africa.
In addition, the National Department of Health reported 20 deaths and of these, three deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. Though the global economic recovery is underway, president Ramaphosa highlighted that the situation remains fragile and the recovery itself is uneven.
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