President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the opening of restaurants, hair salons and casinos under level 3 of the lockdown.President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the easing of restrictions on restaurants, accommodation, cinemas, theatres, casinos and personal care services.Compatriots, It is now just over 100 days since the first case of coronavirus was identified in South Africa.
A study by the University of Oxford in Britain found that the drug dexamethasone – which is also manufactured here in South Africa by one of our pharmaceutical companies and of which there is an ample supply – reduced deaths among patients on ventilation by a third. We took a decision early in the development of the disease in South Africa to restrict international travel and gatherings with the declaration of a National State of Disaster and subsequently imposed a nation-wide lockdown to slow the transmission of the virus.
During level 5 of the lockdown, this doubling time increased to 15 days, which meant that it took much longer for the virus to spread. We used the time during the lockdown to prepare and enhance our health system and put in place public health measures to minimise infections. While community transmission has remained low across most of the country for the past 9 weeks, it has been rising rapidly in that province.
Studies show that wearing a cloth mask or similar piece of clothing that covers both your nose and mouth at all times when one is in public is one of those measures that reduces the rate of transmission of the virus. These basic practices are becoming even more important now as we ease the lockdown and enter a new phase in our coronavirus response. These are still the best ways of containing the spread of the virus.
Our response is now also more focused, on hotspot areas with the greatest rate of infection and sending multi-disciplinary health teams to contain outbreaks and ensure those with the infection get the necessary care. This platform will complement the work that is being done to ensure that we have the medical equipment, personal protective equipment and hospital facilities to manage the anticipated increase in COVID-19 patients.
This means that there are businesses that have not earned any revenue and individuals who have not had any income for over 80 days. In each instance, specific and stringent safety requirements have been agreed on and will need to be put in place before a business can re-open, and protocols will need to be strictly adhered to for businesses to remain open.
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