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South Africa retains lockdown at lowest level despite highest single-day rise in cases

South African health authorities have decided to retain the country’s lockdown level at its lowest in a five-tier system even as the country battles the Omicron variant of Covid-19, Reuters reported.

South Africa’s National Coronavirus Command Council has maintained the lockdown at “adjusted level 1”.