COVID-19 Response in South Africa - Country brief
As of October 2021, the COVID-19 outbreak in South Africa was in the twentieth month since the index cluster of imported cases were confirmed on the 5th of March 2020.
The country reacted early and imposed countrywide lockdown as well as a comprehensive public health response.The President also declared a state of disaster in line with the disaster management act. The government developed a risk-adjusted strategy that aligned five levels with the intensity of transmission, level five being the highest level when there is intense community transmission, and a countrywide lockdown is imposed.
