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South Africa’s amended regulations announced: Adjusted Alert Level One
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reduced the COVID-19 Alert Level to an adjusted Alert Level One on Tuesday, 22 March 2022. The President announced that the following amended regulations remain applicable:
• Gatherings are permitted, subject to a maximum of 1 000 people indoors and 2 000 people outdoors where proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test, not older than 72 hours, are not requirements for entry • Indoor and outdoor gatherings at venues where proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test, not older than 72 hours, is an entry requirement, are limited to 50 percent of capacity • Funerals may only be attended by a maximum of 200 people and night vigils are not permitted • Business premises must determine the maximum number of employees permitted on the premises to accommodate a one metre distance between employees or customers • Masks are only required to be worn in indoor public spaces and • All travellers entering South Africa will be required to produce proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test not older than 72 hours. “Due to the changing nature of the pandemic and due to the progress that has been made through our collective efforts, we intend to lift the National State of Disaster as soon as public comment on the health regulations published by the Minister of health has been completed. These regulations, when finalised, will replace the State of Disaster regulations as the legal instrument that we use to manage the pandemic. All South Africans are invited to make comments on the draft regulations before the 16 April 2022”, said President Ramaphosa. “What should be clear is that the end of the National State of Disaster does not mean the end of the pandemic. It just means that we are changing the way we manage the pandemic and we will be relying on health regulations rather than disaster management regulations. It means that we are learning to live with the virus in our presence. It means that we are returning, as far as possible, to the lives that we lived before the pandemic. It means that we are opening our economy still further, and that we are resuming many of the social and cultural activities that we have missed over the last two years”, he added. “Since October last year, the country has been at Adjusted Alert Level 1, which has meant that many normal activities have resumed with health guidelines followed at all times. Most of the restrictions on economic activity have been lifted. We are now able to ease the restrictions further. In deciding which restrictions to ease and which to keep in place, we are guided as before, by the advice of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19. We have also looked to the experiences of other countries, including those where the complete lifting of restrictions has been followed by a surge in infections and deaths” the president said. “These measures will take effect on Wednesday, 23 March 2022, once the new regulations are gazetted. With these changes, almost all restrictions on social and economic activity will have been lifted.” Quote of the week “A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” ~ Douglas MacArthur Fire and Rescue International is your magazine. Read it, use it and share it! Lee Raath-Brownie Managing director Cell: 082 371 0190 Contact us Tel: 011 452 3135 or Email: lee@fireandrescue.co Websites www.fireandrescue.co www.frimedia.org www.facebook.com/FireandRescueInternational www.twitter.com/FRI_magazine |
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