South Africa extends tight COVID-19 restrictions for another 14 days

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa extended tight COVID-19 rules on Sunday for another 14 days, maintaining restrictions that include a ban on gatherings, a curfew from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. 

The country, the worst-hit on the African continent in terms of recorded cases and deaths, is in the grip of a third wave of infections driven by the more infectious Delta coronavirus variant. "Our health system countrywide remains under pressure," President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a televised address to the nation.