South Africa bans alcohol sales, requires masks in public

President Cyril Ramaphosa justified a raft of new measures by a "rapid rise" in infections, most by a new strain of the virus feared to be more contagious. He pointed the finger at "super-spreader" social events and an "extreme lack of vigilance over the holiday period".

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