Independent Media reports that Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele advised on Thursday that the Cabinet had extended the national state of disaster to 15 October.
“Cabinet approved that the country should remain on alert Level 3 of the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic,” Gungubele said at a media briefing following a meeting of the Cabinet. He also reported that the Cabinet had been briefed by the Department of Health on the progress of the vaccination roll-out programme. Referring to infections at schools, Gungubele indicated: “The Department of Health assured Cabinet that more work is being done to understand and contain the reported school cluster outbreaks, particularly in the Eastern Cape. Cabinet appeals to parents, learners and school-governing bodies to ensure strict adherence to the wearing of masks, ventilation, social distancing and hand-washing hygiene. Strict adherence to the non-pharmaceutical health protocols remains the most effective defence against the spread of the virus.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mayibongwe Maqhina at Independent Media
- Read too, Restaurants ask Ramaphosa to extend lockdown curfew by an hour, at Sunday Independent
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