South Africa has announced it will halt contact tracing and end quarantine for asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 as the dynamics of the outbreak warrant a shift towards mitigation and away from containment strategies, which are “no longer appropriate.” The country’s director-general of health, Dr. Sandile Buthelezi, said in a Dec. 23 circular to heads of provincial health departments that only people who have developed symptoms need to get tested and isolate, with the quarantine period for those with mild symptoms set at eight days and severe COVID-19 cases for ten days. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. “Containment strategies are no longer appropriate—mitigation is the only viable strategy,” Buthelezi said in the document. “Quarantine has been costly to essential services and society as many people stay away from their work and thus lose their income and children miss on their schooling.” Buthelezi said that the shift …