South Africa’s third wave of Covid-19 is over – with level 1 lockdown expected soon

[BusinessTech]

South Africa’s third wave of Covid-19 is over – with level 1 lockdown expected soon

South Africa has officially exited its third wave of coronavirus infections, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases said in a statement on Sunday (26 September).

 

[bwana]

How about a Level none?

Some of the eased restrictions could include:

• An 00h00 evening curfew;
• Alcohol would be allowed to be sold for off-site consumption on a Saturday;
• More leisure activities will be allowed to reopen.

Last time it was by a licensed premises for of-site consumption, is permites during licenced trading hours, subject to the laws governing such licences

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Will bottle stores be open on weekends?

 

[dualmeister]

Have we been at Level 1 before?
I cannot even remember anymore

 

[LCBXX]

Can the ANC now get round to prepare the healthcare facilities, since they know wave 4 is coming in December?

 

[neoprema]

No, Level 0!

 

[bwana]

Will bottle stores be open on weekends?

Article says Saturdays but previous Level 1 have been "during licensed trading hours" which would also include public holidays and Sundays.

Have we been at Level 1 before?
I cannot even remember anymore

Yes.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Why exactly do we have to wait some indeterminate amount of time for eased restrictions? Just make a bloody decision and announce it, we don't have to wait until a random Sunday for Cyril to blabber at us.

And honestly, the bottle stores should just be allowed to be open. The limited trading hours are entirely pointless in terms of limiting usage for the vast majority of people.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Article says Saturdays but previous Level 1 have been "during licensed trading hours" which would also include public holidays and Sundays.

Yes.

Yup I read Saturdays, hence my question about weekends.
Coz we've not had a booze ban only on Sundays since the Apartheid days

 

[maxxis]

I'll say it again. Open everything and let the virus do what it wants to the ones who don't protect themselves.
These lockdowns are doing nothing anyways to lower infections etc.

There are still people that think it's just the flu. **** them, let them suffer.