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South Africa will further relax coronavirus lockdown restrictions from 1 June, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced, allowing large areas of the economy to fully reopen.
“Cabinet has determined that the alert level for the whole country should be lowered from level four to level three,” he said in an address broadcast on television, describing the move as a significant shift in approach to the pandemic.
France has said the number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose to 144,921 from 144,806 on Saturday. The number of patients in intensive care fell to 1,655 from 1,665.
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