Infectious diseases expert Professor Marc Mendelson says President Cyril Ramaphosa should also have abolished the limit on the number of people at outdoor gatherings.
Ranaphosa addressed the nation earlier this week, announcing changes to some of the level one lockdown regulations.
Mendelson says outdoor gatherings provide sufficient ventilation which has been proven to reduce the chances of spreading Covid-19.
He says the inconsistency of the adjusted regulations has left him baffled.
Mendelson says PCR-tests for people traveling to South Africa, regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not, should also be scrapped.
Read more on his Twitter profile.
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Thank God there's a 2-hour limit!
Everyone knows it takes minimum 121 minutes before someone can be acquire #SARSCoV2
I mean really, the stupidity & inconsistency is amazing.
Night vigils & post-funeral gatherings not permitted, other events with equal risk are…
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— Marc Mendelson (@SouthAfricanASP) March 22, 2022
Infectious diseases expert and professor at the University of Cape Town, Professor Marc Mendelson has urged residents to disregard the vaccine misinformation being spread on social media.
Mendelson was reacting to claims, recently made by a well-known Cape Town heart-surgeon, that the vaccines are not safe.
He says he works on the front line of the Covid-19 battle and has seen how unvaccinated people are severely impacted by the virus.
He says the claims are false, untrue and full of inaccuracies.
Access the full video here.
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Wouldn't normally promote material I've produced, but hoping that this will be disseminated as widely as possible through social media platforms to counteract antivax sentiments being distributed in South Africa https://t.co/g6Vy7EFEkb @UCTHealthSci @WesternCapeGov @PresidencyZA
— Marc Mendelson (@SouthAfricanASP) August 17, 2021
