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As virus cases fall, South Africa allows liquor sales

by Associated Press
| August 18, 2020 3:03 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa, which had one of the world's strictest anti-coronavirus lockdowns for five months, relaxed its restrictions Tuesday, permitting the sales of alcohol and cigarettes in response to decreasing new cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19.

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