Cape Town – The South African government has once again extended the national state of disaster by another month, as the country continues to battle a new wave of Covid-19 fuelled by the Omicron variant, reports said on Thursday.
The national state of disaster will now come to an end on January 15, 2022.
This is the 19th extension since it was initially declared at the end of March 2020, News24 reported.
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Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele could not also confirm whether President Cyril Ramaphosa would be addressing the nation soon.
“He also could not guarantee there would be no new hard lockdown, but on Thursday said the government was opposed to this and was seeking to strike a balance between saving lives and livelihoods,” EWN reported.
South Africa on Wednesday recorded 19 842 new Covid-19 infections and 36 deaths.
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