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South Africa returns to ban on alcohol sales as virus surges

by Associated Press
| July 12, 2020 12:03 PM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country will immediately return to a ban on the sale of alcohol to reduce the volume of trauma patients so that hospitals have more beds open to treat COVID-19 patients.

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