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South Africans Tire of Lengthy Viral Restrictions

Anita Powell

   JOHANNESBURG - To say South Africa is tired of the lockdown would be a
   gross understatement.

   Officials acknowledge the effect that a curfew and limitations on
   movement are having on the population'sfinancialand mental health, but
   say they are holding firm against a bigger health threat: that of a
   virus that has killed 3.2% of those known to be infectedin the World
   Health Organization's African region.

   The global death rate is about7%, according to WHO statistics.

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