Cynthia Carol Struwig gives the highlights of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcements regarding the Covid 19 (Corona) virus on 15 March 2020
*Government of South Africa declared a National State of Disaster*
▪Infected as of Sunday: 61
▪Internal Transmission Occuring
▪Limit Contact between Persons
▪Travel Ban from High Risk (italy iran south korea spain germany uk usa, china as of 18 mar 2020)
*South Africans are to Refrain from travelling to*
▪UK/USA/Europe/China/Iran/South Korea
▪People who visited High Risk areas as of mid Feb – are required to come in for testing
*South Africa has 72 ports of entry land/sea/airport*
▪53 Land Ports, 35 Shut down as of Monday
▪2 out of 8 sea port closed for passengers
▪Non essential travel prohibited
▪*Non essential domestic travel to be stopped*
*GROUPS OF PEOPLE*
▪Limit contact groups of people
▪Gatherings of more than 100pax = prohibited
▪All mass celebration public holidays cancelled
▪Organizers to put in place stringent measures for <100pax events
*SCHOOLS*
▪Schools will be closed from Wed 18 Mar
▪Schools will remain closed till after Easter
(July Holidays shortened by week ?)
*BUSINESS*
▪Mining retail banking farming to introduce measures for hygene control
▪Shopping Malls / Entertainment centres to bolster hygene control
*Citizens to Change behaviour*
▪Wash Hands frequently with soap + water or hand sanitizers for minimum 20sec
▪Cover nose/mouth cough/sneeze with tissue/flexed elbow
▪Avoid anyone with flulike symptoms
▪Minimize physical contact
▪Use Elbow greeting *no shaking hands*
The Government thanks businesses who have taken steps to protect their employees
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