No masks outdoors and 50% capacity in venues, but ‘we still have a problem
These regulations had been released for public comment and this did not mean the end of the pandemic.
“This means that we are changing the way we are handling the pandemic and we are learning to live with the pandemic. Even when the national state of disaster has been done away with, there are new regulations published by the department of health which will effectively act as a long-term replacement to the country’s state of disaster Covid-19 regulations,” Ramaphosa said.
He explained that the country would remain on alert level 1, but some measures would be in place as from Wednesday. Funerals will be restricted to a maximum of 200 people and there will be a two-hour limit on funeral services. Night vigils or post-funeral gatherings will still not be permitted.Ramaphosa said the regulation on social distance had also changed, as a space of at least one metre between people was required, except at schools.
Political analyst Ongama Mtimka said several changes that had been made were welcomed. “The further delay in ending the state of national disaster, pending comments on the draft health regulations, seems to be more about leveraging on the unaccountable policymaking regime under the act than prudence in policymaking. The executive could drop the end of the state of disaster and introduce policies and regulations in the standard way they should in a democracy.
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