After lockdown things will not return to the way they were, says President Cyril Ramaphosa: “We must be prepared for a new reality in which the fight against Covid-19 becomes part of our daily existence”
The transition to the next phase of the Covid-19 coronavirus response, that of recovery, will be more difficult than the current one.
South Africans would need to adapt to this new normal – social distancing, face masks, washing hands regularly, and avoiding contact would become the new normal. We must be prepared for a new reality in which the fight against Covid-19 becomes part of our daily existence.He said that as the lockdown is gradually eased, life will slowly return, but “it will not be life as we knew it before”.
“Our success in overcoming the coronavirus will ultimately be determined by the changes we make in our behaviour.” “We will need to adapt to new ways of worshipping, socialising, exercising and meeting that minimise opportunities for the virus to spread,” he said.We can and must expect infections to rise as more people return to work. We must accept the reality, prepare for it and adapt to it.Even those countries that have started easing their lockdown restrictions are doing so tentatively and with extreme caution, he added.
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