'We must avoid rush to reopen': Ramaphosa announces 5 levels of phasing out

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On the same day the country recorded its biggest spike in the number of positive Covid-19 cases, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a five-level phased approach towards the easing of lockdown restrictions will be introduced.

Ramaphosa said in his address on Thursday night the government would implement a risk-adjustment strategy which would be deliberate and cautious.

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“There is still much that is unknown about the rate and spread of the virus. Action we take must be measured and incremental.”

On Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkize said in a statement there were 318 new cases and 10 more deaths.

This has pushed the country’s positive cases to 3 953, while the death toll rose to 75.

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When the full nationwide lockdown ends, South Africa will transition to a system of alert levels to ensure we can ease restrictions as safely as possible. These will be regularly reviewed based on the rates of infection across the country. #COVID19 #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/GMHZwtcmd6

— Presidency | South Africa ???? (@PresidencyZA) April 23, 2020

President #Ramaphosa: #Level4 means that some activity can be allowed to resume subject to extreme precautions required to limit community transmission and outbreaks.

— Presidency | South Africa ???? (@PresidencyZA) April 23, 2020

Lockdown measures currently in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 will be eased in a phased and careful manner to ensure South Africa can continue to limit the transmission of the virus as much as possible. #COVID19 #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/MHyGVbHICP

— Presidency | South Africa ???? (@PresidencyZA) April 23, 2020

Even as we begin to ease some of the lockdown restrictions, it is vital that all South Africans continue to observe critical social-distancing and hygiene practices to contain the spread of the coronavirus. #COVID19 #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/jZSBGv6F7o

— Presidency | South Africa ???? (@PresidencyZA) April 23, 2020

Even as we begin to ease some of the lockdown measures, restrictions on large and high-risk gatherings will remain in place to ensure the rate of coronavirus infections does not increase too rapidly. #COVID19 #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/tad8wDK7IE

— Presidency | South Africa ???? (@PresidencyZA) April 23, 2020

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