A year of Covid-19 in SA: This is why alcohol was banned

📆 2021/03/05 11:02:00
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Professor Salim Abdool Karim said he believed that while there was no evidence supporting the cigarette ban in relation to Covid-19, by the end of level 5 he could see the importance of the alcohol ban.

Durban - Professor Salim Abdool Karim believes that while there might not have been a need to ban the sale of cigarettes during earlier stages of the lockdown, there was definitely a need to ban alcohol due to the added pressure it placed on the country’s health system.

Reflecting on the past year and highlighting key issues relating to Covid-19 pandemic, Karim said on Thursday that the decision to ban cigarettes and alcohol was made prior to the establishment of the Ministerial Advising Committee . Karim said South Africa was one of the few countries in the world that has to consider banning alcohol when considering how to control a viral epidemic.

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