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Lockdown Level 4 Regulations-Government Notice No. R. 480

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Fisheries, General
Keyword
Hazards Risk assessment/management Public health
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Regulation is enacted to attend to the level 4 alertness program in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. It repeals certain Government Notices on the same subject. The Alert levels are determined by the Cabinet Member on Health. Alert Level 4 essentially stipulates that where possible, employees have to work from home. The Regulations provide that the Cabinet Member responsible for Health may issue directions to address the spread of COVID-19 in any area of the country and may make the following directions; provision of health equipment, sanitation materials and medical supplies; deployment of human resources to identify sites to render services, issue directions to protect consumers from unfair pricing of goods during the national disaster; issue directions protecting small business; disseminating emergency procurement procedures, among others. The Regulations provide extensively for isolation and quarantine of infected persons, contact tracing, the conduct of essential businesses and services, release of resources, etc. The Regulations essentially provide that Alert Level 4 will be applicable from the 1st of May 2020 in the country, and sets out the rules to be observed for the Alert Level. These rules include the confinement of every person to their place of residence, with exception to person providing essential services, persons going to buy certain permitted goods, among others. Additionally, the Regulation provides restrictions on certain other activities like transportation of cargo and mode of transportation, attendance of funerals, prohibition of evictions, etc. The Regulations outrightly prohibit activities related to the sale and transportation of liquor and tobacco.

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