South Africa
Dlamini-Zuma: #Covid19 can be managed without Act─── 06:19 Wed, 06 Apr 2022
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, says the Covid-19 pandemic has reached a stage where it can be managed without the Disaster Management Act.
Earlier, government gave an update on Covid-19 measures in place.
Dlamini-Zuma said, "we should still continue wearing masks for at least another 30 days indoors."
"Outdoors it's not needed. We still need to limit the number of people at gatherings. We continue with the 1,000 indoors and 2,000 outdoors... a vaccination certificate or a test that is not older than 72 hours old is required."
eNCA previously reported President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the termination of the national state of disaster on Monday.
Ramaphosa addressed South Africans on the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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"While the virus continues to circulate, it is not causing the same levels of severe illness that require hospitalisation or the same number of deaths. While the pandemic is not over and while the virus remains among us, these conditions no longer require that we remain in a national state of disaster," he said.
The president announced transitional measures, which will automatically lapse after 30 days, including mandatory masks indoors, restrictions on gatherings, and international travel requirements.
He said, "the directions that provide for the payment of the special R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant will remain in place. This will enable the Department of Social Development to finalise the regulations that will allow the payment of the grant to continue."
"Directions that provide for the extension of the validity of a learner’s licence, driving licence card, licence disc, professional driving permit and registration of a motor vehicle will remain in place. All other disaster regulations will fall away at midnight [Monday]."
"These include regulations on isolation of persons, on schools and access to old age homes, on public transport, on initiation practices, on cargo transportation, and on criminalisation of non-adherence to these rules."
