President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Saturday August 15 2020 that SA will move to alert level 2 of lockdown from Tuesday August 18.President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday announced that SA will be moving to level 2 of the lockdown from midnight on Monday,Here is his unedited speech in full:It has been five months since we declared a national state of disaster to combat to the coronavirus pandemic.
The recovery rate from coronavirus has risen from 48% at the time of my last address and now stands at 80%.However, the number of active cases is declining every day, and now stands at around 105,000. It is now clear that had we not acted as swiftly and decisively as we did — and had we not taken the threat as seriously as we did — far more lives would have been lost.When I announced the nationwide lockdown on the 23rd of March it was to prevent a sudden and uncontrolled surge of infections and to prepare our health system adequately.
The progress we are recording in our management of Covid 19 would not be possible without the dedication and professionalism of our doctors, nurses and other health personnel, who have had to confront this unprecedented disease often under extremely difficult conditions. Ultimately, the progress we have made would not have been possible without the sacrifices made by you, the people of SA.
Even the slightest lapse in our alertness at this moment could lead to a resurgence in infections at a rate and on a scale far greater than what we have seen so far. We now know that a large proportion of people who are infected with the virus do not show symptoms and may not even know that they are infected.With this in mind, each one of us should consider ourselves as potentially infected with the virus and continue to behave responsibly so that we do not pass it on to others.
Economic activity will be allowed with the necessary and appropriate stringent health protocols and safety precautions in place.All restrictions on interprovincial travel will be lifted. Infections have been known to take place during family visits, endangering family members and sometimes leading to the deaths of some family members.
With this new phase of our response, we need to put in place the practices and forms of behaviour that we must continue to adopt for some time to come. In the coming days, we will announce a powerful new tool to support our digital contact tracing efforts.
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