{"id":393250,"date":"2020-04-28T15:52:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T13:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=393250"},"modified":"2020-04-28T15:52:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T13:52:28","slug":"south-africas-risk-based-lockdown-plan-set-to-last-6-8-months-with-coronavirus-peak-expected-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/393250\/south-africas-risk-based-lockdown-plan-set-to-last-6-8-months-with-coronavirus-peak-expected-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s risk-based lockdown plan set to last 6-8 months &#8211; with coronavirus peak expected in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government has indicated that South Africa&#8217;s risk-adjusted approach to the coronavirus is expected to last at least 6-8 months.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday (28 April), Tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said that government currently predicts that the coronavirus curve peak will probably arrive in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>She added that government will continue to prioritise funding and resources for businesses during this time, but noted that the economy will not return to business as usual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In undertaking this risk-adjusted approach we have phased in key sectors and priority areas with the view of deepening the fight against Covid-19 whilst rebuilding the economy,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In some cases, a sector will not able to return to full production during Level 4 (of the phased lockdown) or even at lower levels while the risk of infections remains.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If government does not coordinate its response, there is a risk of more job losses and the contracting of the economy to unprecedented levels,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s risk-adjusted strategy is made up of five levels, that will determine the risk and infection rate nationally, and in each province, district and metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p>The approach has been guided by scientists and experts, who have warned that a sudden end to the lockdown will lead to a massive increase in the number of infections, the president said.<\/p>\n<p>The levels, which denote the level of action needed to stop the spread of the virus, are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Level 5 \u2013 drastic measures are required;<\/li>\n<li>Level 4 \u2013 some activity can be allowed, subject to extreme requirements;<\/li>\n<li>Level 3 \u2013 the easing on some restrictions on work and social activities;<\/li>\n<li>Level 2 \u2013 further easing of restrictions, but the maintenance of social distancing;<\/li>\n<li>Level 1 \u2013 most normal activity can resume, with caution and health guidelines followed at all times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i_eus7SGUi8?start=205\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/393199\/coronavirus-why-south-africa-needs-a-wealth-tax-now-and-how-much-it-could-raise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus: Why South Africa needs a wealth tax now \u2013 and how much it could raise<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says that South Africa&#8217;s risk-adjusted approach is expected to last at least 6-8 months, meaning South Africa could face economic and travel restrictions until the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":384181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-393250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393250"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393294,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393250\/revisions\/393294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}