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On Tuesday, South Africa will officially move to Level 2 of the national lockdown. Along with it, regulations will be relaxed to again allow the sale of alcohol and tobacco, as well as interprovincial travel and social gatherings.
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Africa: Over 289,000 Active Covid-19 Cases Across Continent After More than 9 Million Tests
[allAfrica] As of August 11, the confirmed Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 1,057,339. This comes after 9,001,649 tests with 289,789 confirmed active.
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