South Africa lifted a midnight to 4 a.m. curfew on movement with immediate effect as it believes the country has passed the peak of its fourth Covid-19 wave.
South Africa made the changes based on the trajectory of the pandemic, levels of vaccination in the country and available capacity in the health sector.
A patient interacts with his father after getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Witkoppen clinic in Johannesburg on December 8, 2021.South Africa lifted a midnight to 4 a.m. curfew on movement with immediate effect as it believes the country has passed the peak of its fourth Covid-19 wave driven by the Omicron variant, a cabinet statement said on Thursday.
Besides lifting the restrictions on public movement, the government said gatherings will be restricted to no more than 1,000 people indoors, and no more than 2,000 people outdoors.
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