 And in South Africa the country is easing COVID restrictions as the country believes it has largely passed its peak of infections. The ban on alcohol seal has been lifted, non-essential establishments like restaurants are set to reopen and inter-provincial travel for leisure will resume. Schools are fully reopened and social and religious gatherings are again allowed for a maximum of 50 people indoors and 100 outdoors. The night time curfew has been reduced to 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. but President Cyril Ramaphosa wants citizens to continue to make efforts to contain the spread of the virus. The coronavirus pandemic is the greatest threat to the lives and health of our people as well as to the recovery and transformation of our economy. Accordingly we need to continue to do everything in our means to contain the spread of the virus. The latest figures suggest that we have largely passed the peak of the third wave of infections. Aspen, which is based in Kabeja, will from October be manufacturing vaccines solely for the African continent, our own country and the African continent. A few weeks ago the World Health Organization chose South Africa as a hub for the manufacture of vaccines going forward. A few days ago BioVec Institute in Cape Town was appointed to manufacture the Pfizer BioBioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for distribution within our continent.