JOHANNESBURG – South Africa began easing one of the world's strictest lockdowns on Friday, with runners and dog-walkers returning eagerly to the streets but not all wearing the face masks that are now mandatory in the country with Africa's most coronavirus cases.
In Johannesburg, Cape Town and elsewhere, people took a breath of fall air and some headed to the malls to buy warm clothes for winter, which brings a new challenge in combating the virus: flu season.
South Africa has more than 5,600 cases of COVID-19. As the country eases down one notch to Level 4 restrictions, many businesses can resume limited operations.