Cape Argus reports that the City of Cape Town's health department, and other departments, have visited various establishments within the metro to ensure compliance with Covid-19 regulations.
Officials have visited shopping malls, food premises, flea markets, pharmacies and funeral undertakers to highlight concerns about Covid-19 non-compliance at many of these places. The focus of inspections during the past week was to ensure compliance and they included restaurants, shopping centres and other premises where large numbers of people were likely to congregate. Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Zahid Badroodien, indicated: “Our inspectors also follow up on complaints from members of the public about the lack physical distancing and overcrowding at public places, especially over weekends when people are out and about.” The City advised residents to stay home if they could and to leave only for essential shopping or health visits, or to go to work, as well as to abide by the current disaster management regulations which prohibited social gatherings. The City said it was a requirement that residents wore a mask at all times when in public and maintained a distance of at least 1.5 metres from others at all times. Badroodien reported that Cape Town remained a hotspot, but a slow decrease in the number of new cases and admissions to hospitals was being seen.
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