10 Things you need to know about Level 2 regulations

The government has urged members of the public to adhere to the strict Covid-19 health measures or face the possibility of a return to a hard lockdown.

During a press briefing on the recently announced level two regulations, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma warned the public that as the country moved down to level two, which permitted more movement, that it was important to adhere to health and safety regulation to curb the spread of Covid-19.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Saturday evening, that the country would move to level two as of Monday 00:00.

“When we open the economy it doesn’t mean the risk is lower. We are trying to balance livelihoods. The virus does not move, people move the virus. The more people move around the more the chances of the virus being taken from one person to another,” Dlamini-Zuma said.

“We must ensure that we keep to the health protocols. If we don’t we will see the next wave of infections which we would like to avoid.”

While the Covid-19 statistics continued to decline in most parts of the country according to figures provided by the health department, Dlamini-Zuma said people must not to let “their guard down”.

Here are 10 things you need to know about the level 2 regulations as gazetted by the department of Cogta:

1. Social events at residences are permitted. So long as there are no more than 10 visitors at a time.
2. Gyms and fitness centres are opened and facilitate services to only 50 people at a time.
3. Tobacco will be sold without restrictions, unlike alcohol.
4. The sale of liquor- by licensed premises for off-site consumption, is permitted from 09:00 to 17:00, from Mondays to Thursdays, excluding Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
5. Movement of persons: Every person is confined to his or her place of residence from 22:00 until 04:00 daily, except where a person has been granted permission outside this.
6. When in a public place, a person must wear a face mask and may not be allowed to be in a public place or use any form of public transport without a mask.
7. Attendance of funerals is limited to 50 persons and will not be regarded as a prohibited gathering. Night vigils are still not allowed
8. A person may not be evicted from his or her land or home or have his or her place of residence demolished for the duration of the national state of disaster unless a competent court has granted an order authorising the eviction or demolition.
9. All persons must wear a face mask and adhere to all health protocols and social distancing measures when attending a gathering, to limit exposure to Covid -19. A person undertaking vigorous sporting activity is not obliged to wear a face mask, during such activity.
10. Night clubs are closed to the public
11. Interprovincial travel now permitted, including domestic flights.

More details on the gazetted regulations would be explained by the ministers of the relevant departments.

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