PRETORIA, 08 July. - (ANA) - As coronavirus cases surge and the number of deaths begin to mount, South Africa’s government has left the country’s population guessing about whether a lockdown will be reimposed.

 

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said that a new hard lockdown “cannot be ruled out”, but denied that a decision was imminent. 

 

His intervention followed several days of mixed messages about whether South Africa would reverse the easing of what have been some of the strictest social distancing restrictions in Southern Africa.

 

South Africa has 215,855 cases of Covid-19 and 3,503 deaths so far making it the highest in Africa.   - (ANA) -

 

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