: Omicron: South Africa lifts curfew as country says it has passed peak of wave driven by variant #IndiaNEWS South Africa has eased Covid-19 restrictions as the country’s government on Thursday announced

@IndiaNEWS

Posted in: #IndiaNEWS

Omicron: South Africa lifts curfew as country says it has passed peak of wave driven by variant #IndiaNEWS
South Africa has eased Covid-19 restrictions as the country’s government on Thursday announced that the peak of its fourth wave of the coronavirus that was driven by the Omicron variant had passed, reported Reuters. The country has withdrawn a night curfew between 12 am and 4 am. “All indicators suggest the country may have passed the peak of the fourth wave at a national level,� a statement after the Cabinet meeting of the South African government said.The country has eliminated the need to quarantine vaccinated and unvaccinated contacts of those infected. The South African government also stopped tracing contacts of those who test positive, reported The Indian Express. Contact tracing will only be done in congregate settings and in cases where clusters form.South Africa has also announced that gatherings will be limited to not more than 1,000 people if held indoors and not over 2,000 if its outdoors, according to Reuters. Licensed alcohol shops will now be able to go back to operating according to the norms followed before the restrictions. The government cited data from its health department that showed a 29.7% reduction in the number of new infections in the week ending December 25. This data was compared to the number of cases...Read more

Intraday stocks under 50 NSE India Twitter of India

Vote Up Vote Down

Login to post a comment!