With the increase in Covid19 infection, President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has lifted the restrictions and the alert level 2 with immediate effect from Today as said in a televised address last evening. President Ramaphosa said that “Further restrictions are necessary to ensure that health facilities are not overwhelmed and that lives that could be saved are not lost, and people should be vaccinated before the third wave attacks”.
The protocols that are applied are:
● Restaurants, bars and fitness centres which fall under non-essential things will need to close by 10pm to
allow the staff to travel home before the start of the curfew.
● All gatherings will be limited to a maximum of 100 people indoors and 250 people outdoors. If venue is
too small to accommodate these numbers with appropriate social distancing, then no more than 50% of
the capacity of the venue may be used.
● Funerals should not be attended by more than 100 people and night vigils, after-funeral gatherings and
‘after-tears’ gatherings are not allowed.
Rest of the important measures like wearing masks in Public, social distancing, Covid positive patients should stay at home in isolation for at least 10 days.
Data source: South African Government news agency