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South Africa commences gradual re-opening of economy, ending coronavirus lockdown
South Africa is taking positive steps to re-open the country’s economy after weeks of coronavirus lockdown that grounded activities in the country like other countries of the world.
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa in a broadcast on Thursday announced that the country would commence slow easing of the five-week nationwide coronavirus lockdown from May. He highlighted that South Africa would adopt deliberate cautions approach to begin gradual easing of the lockdown towards re-opening the economy at the end of April. Invariably, movement restrictions may not exceed April.
President Ramaphosa in the national broadcast on Thursday declared: “We have accordingly decided that beyond Thursday the 30th of April, we should begin a gradual and phased recovery.
“We will implement what we call a risk adjusted strategy through which we take a deliberate and cautious approach to the easing of current lockdown restrictions.”
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