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The sale of alcohol was banned until at least January 15 across South Africa, announced President Cyril Ramaphosa. The authorities have imposed several restrictions after the country passed more than a million cases of coronavirus.
The sale of alcohol is prohibited and the use of a mask is mandatory in all public spaces. And the night traffic ban was also extended, from 9 pm instead of 11 pm, until 6 am During the night, “no one will be able to be outside the house except health personnel,” said Cyril Ramaphosa. in a televised speech, reports AFP, quoted by Agerpres.
The ban on the sale of alcohol, at least until January 15, aims to reduce the number of hospitalizations related to traffic accidents or domestic violence, especially domestic violence, generated by excessive consumption. Medical units are already operating at full capacity throughout the country, the cited source also writes.
Bars and restaurants will not be completely closed, with the South African president insisting on the need to defend an already weakened economy as much as possible during the first wave. They will have to shorten their working hours, forcing customers and staff to leave at 8 p.m., to comply with the new nighttime traffic ban.
The speed of pollution is “particularly worrying,” insisted Cyril Ramaphosa, denouncing “an extreme lack of vigilance among us” on the occasion of the end of the year holidays.
“I let my guard down and now I have paid the price,” he said, referring to the end of school holidays (it is summer in South Africa), family Christmas parties, concerts and church services, all considered “super events.” pollutants “.
For 14 days, all large gatherings, both indoors and outdoors, are banned, except for funerals limited to 50 people and some exceptions that will be detailed later, he said.
Recently, South Africa became the first country on the African continent to surpass one million cases of coronavirus.
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