South Africa on Monday announced the ending of Covid restrictions, two years after they were imposed. In a televised address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the national state of disaster would end at midnight on Monday. Masks will still be required indoors for another month. South Africa has recorded far more coronavirus cases than any other African country, accounting for almost a third of infections across the continent. It registered over 100,000 deaths.
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