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South Africa’s Covid-19 national state of disaster has been extended to 18 August, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has announced.
South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla is the latest citizen to contract the coronavirus after he tested positive for the disease on Tuesday, his office has said.
Twelve people have died after contracting Covid-19 since Tuesday in South Africa, the , according to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has announced.
With South Africa administering 606 coronavirus vaccine doses on Sunday, the country had now registered at least 36,861,626 shots on citizens’ arms to subdue the two-year-old pandemic, the health ministry said on Monday.
There were 212 new Covid-19 cases on Monday in South Africa, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 3,992,661 since the pandemic broke out in the country in March two years ago, the health ministry announced on Tuesday.
The South African cabinet has welcomed the significant drop in coronavirus infections over the past few weeks and encouraged all eligible people to continue vaccinating to stop serious illness, hospitalisation and death.
South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla has removed Covid-19 regulations concerning the wearing of face masks in public, gatherings and persons entering the country at its entry points.
South Africa’s confirmed Covid-19 cases have reached 3,986,892, with the latest 291 infections recorded on Monday, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday.
South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel on Monday welcomed the UN World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) agreement to support the production of Covid-19 vaccines in developing countries.
Ethiopia and the World Bank on Friday signed a grant agreement amounting to 195 million US Dollars which will finance the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic in the horn African nation.