SAnews Newsletter 2021-07-11 PM Edition
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Adjusted Alert Level 4 extended for further two weeks
South Africa will over the next two weeks remain on Adjusted Alert Level 4 of the COVID-19 regulations, albeit with minor adjustments, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced.
President Ramaphosa condemns acts of violence
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the recent sporadic but increasingly violent protests in some parts of the country.
Government offers UIF COVID-19 TERS to affected sectors
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that government has decided to avail the COVID-19 TERS to sectors hardest hit by the Adjusted Alert Level 4 COVID-19 restrictions.
SA builds 18-day COVID-19 vaccine stock
As South Africa continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines and receive doses from manufacturers, the Department of Health has confirmed that it currently has enough stock for 18 days.
35 - 49 age group to be vaccinated from 1 August
South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is next month expected to gain further momentum, with those aged between 35 and 49 years, set to be vaccinated.
While registrations will begin on 15 July, government will begin inoculating this group on 1 August.
This was on Friday revealed by Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, during a media briefing. The briefing was held amid a sustained rise in infections, hospitalisations and related deaths in the past seven days.
