South African government raises the country's epidemic prevention and control level to level 4

On June 27, local time, South Africa’s President Ramaphosa announced on live television that South Africa will raise the level of epidemic prevention and control to level four starting on June 28. Ramaphosa said that the spread of Delta's new crown variant strain in South Africa is extremely severe. Since June 1st, the number of hospitalizations in South Africa has doubled, medical resources have become very tight, and hospital beds and intensive care units have been fully loaded. . After discussing with the expert group, it was decided to raise the epidemic prevention level in South Africa to level 4 from June 28. After 14 days, it will be evaluated again to determine how to adjust the epidemic prevention level.



It is reported that Gauteng, the most severely affected province in South Africa, bans cross-provincial travel; schools are closed from Wednesday for early winter vacation; all indoor and outdoor gatherings (including religious and social gatherings) are forbidden; night curfew is from 21:00 to the next day4 When retail stores continue to open; factories, farms, businesses, and mines are allowed to continue to operate; the province can travel freely; workers are encouraged to work remotely from home; the South African government will immediately begin vaccination registration for people over 50.

In the early morning of March 27, 2020, South Africa began to implement level 5 epidemic prevention and control for the first time (the highest level, non-essential prohibition of going out), and then gradually lowered the level of epidemic prevention. Affected by the third wave of the epidemic, it was announced on June 15, 2021 that the level of epidemic prevention and control had been upgraded from level 2 to level 3 on that night, and on June 27, it was announced again that the level of epidemic prevention and control had been upgraded from level 3 to level 4. In the past week, the number of new cases of new coronary pneumonia in a single day in South Africa was close to 20,000.