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Therefore, we will continue to exercise caution, informed by the best available evidence and guided by the advice of local and international experts.
“But also by looking at the experiences of other nations,” said Ramaphosa.
“Our goal is to constantly increase economic activity while establishing measures to reduce virus transmission and provide adequate care to those who become infected and need treatment.”
Ramaphosa said the infection rate in an area and the readiness and ability of its health facilities to cope with the treatment of infected people will determine the level at which that particular area will be placed.
Ramaphosa also announced that Covid-19’s death toll was now 219, as the number of confirmed cases exceeded 12,000. More than 9 million people have been examined and 370,000 evaluated. Ramaphosa, however, praised the country’s recovery rate with almost 5,000 recorded recoveries.
The president said that in the future there will be an urgent need to “reorganize workplaces, schools, universities, colleges and other public places to limit transmission.”
“The transition to the next phase of the coronavirus response will be, in many ways, more difficult than the current one,” he said.
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