Prof Abdool Karim says Level 2 lockdown is ’right move’

CAPE TOWN – As of today all non-essential establishments like restaurants, bars and fitness centres will be closed at 10pm, with the curfew starting at 11pm and ending at 4am.

All gatherings will also be limited to a maximum of 100 people indoors and 250 people outdoors and where the venue is too small to accommodate these numbers, no more than 50% of the capacity of the venue may be used.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced these new restrictions on Sunday, as the government attempts to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ramaphosa said that an increase in gatherings was directly responsible for the increased transmission, with funerals and school sporting events highlighted as problematic.

For the past three weeks South Africa has seen an increase in new infections, with 3 755 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, which represents a 11.9% positivity rate.