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The government has extended the National State of Disaster to 15 April 2022. Tuesday marks two years since the announcement of the National State of Disaster to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Government has extended the National State of DisasterMarch 15th marks two years since the announcement of the National State of Disaster to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus .

President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his State of the Nation last month that he intended to end the National State of Disaster after finalising all measures under the National Health Act to manage the pandemic.health experts added their voicesThey say the remaining restrictions and regulations no longer serve any purpose and that the country needs to move to a phase of learning to live with the virus.

Professor of Vaccinology at Wits University, Shabir Madhi says the remaining restrictions and regulations no longer serve any purpose and should be lifted. Prof Madhi says the country needs to move to a phase of learning to live with the virus: “Unfortunately, when it comes to wearing of masks, it hasn’t assisted us in keeping sown infection. Again to emphasize, these things might have been required at a point in time when we didn’t have extensive number of people, and now we sit at 80-85% that have developed protection against severe disease and death.

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Wake wayvaphi lonto. Ku kwa msunu nje aphe mzantsi

Our government is the National State of Disaster. VoetsekANC

Indecision indecision!!!

We are led by fools.

🙄🙄🙄🙄

It's no longer a surprise that the govt will take such a step... But it's called life

Because of outbreak in China, highest ever recorded.

This is ridiculous!

Meanwhile …

aweee for f sake why this time?

South Africans remove this nonsense ANC in 2024'

F*ck it.

We still need to take safety precautions and measures. Some part of China is battling with Covid again, ignorance could cost us again

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