WATCH: Prof. Abdool Karim says SA ready to drop mask mandate
Updated | By Darren, Keri and Sky
Saturday 5 March 2022 marked two years since the start of COVID-19 lockdowns in SA.
Is South Africa is ready to drop some of the restrictions that have been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Former head of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, certainly thinks so.
According to an address on eNCA, Karim says that sanitizing and the wearing of masks could now become a thing of the past.
Read more: Push to get more people jabbed as Covid vaccines set to expire
https://www.ecr.co.za/shows/east-coast-breakfast/want-both-vaccines-mix-pfizer-and-jj-vaccines-request-tomorrow/
Source: eNCA/YouTube
I don't know what government's plans are with removing masks but what we've seen from other countries is that we have reached a stage where we can change our overall strategy, we can remove most of our restrictions and public health measures at this point,- Professor Salim Abdool Karim
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