Retail and wholesale stores to reopen, and government estimates 20% of employees in manufacturing will resume their duties
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma briefing media on the classification of industries as part of the risk adjusted strategy on re-opening the economy on April 25 2020 in Pretoria. Picture: GCIS/ SIYABULELA DUDA
Patel said reopening the economy too quickly could result in a “rapid rise” of Covid-19 infection, which would force a return to level 5. “The big focus must be on bringing the risk levels down,” he said. Manufacturing would see a partial reopening with around 20% of workers returning, more in some subsectors of the industry, including children’s clothing, winter clothing, blanket manufacturing, computers, mobile phones, some car manufacturing, and the manufacturing of cement, construction material and hardware and stationery.
Specialist masks would be reserved for front-line health workers but those without masks were encouraged to make their own, use a scarf or even a T-shirt. “You have to have your nose and mouth covered in public ... Nobody should have an excuse.”
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