Cabinet approves changes to adjusted Alert Level 1 COVID-19 regulations.
South Africans have not witnessed a family meeting in over 1 month, however there have been changes made to the lockdown regulations.
The cabinet has announced and approved changes to adjusted Alert Level 1. These changes are meant to be implemented immediately.
The changes include the full return of students to school, this means that rotational learning will come to an end. Learners will be going to school full time, and every day of the week.
The 1 metre distance that was implemented, has Aledo been removed in order for schools to be able to have the classes filled to their full capacity.
These changes came in after the DA went to court to force the government to end the rotational timetabling which has been in place since 2020. The argued that it was not sustainable.
As a result of people’s queries, the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) held a meeting yesterday at which the NCCC gave updates on whether the country should move to lockdown or change regulations based on the recent statistics. The good news is that, according to data acquired by the Department of Health’s system, South Africa has finally finished the fourth wave on a countrywide level and the number of people who are getting vaccinated keeps on rising everyday.
Based on the above information, they decided to make a few changes to the results and regulations of the adjusted level 1 lockdown. The changes are as follows:
Those who test positive but do not exhibit any symptoms do not need to be isolated.
If you test positive for symptoms, the isolation period has been shortened from ten to seven days instead of the previous ten.
Contacts are not required to be isolated unless they begin to experience symptoms.
The Cabinet also considered the reintroduction of full-time learning in all schools after a break. All primary, secondary, and special education schools will resume their regular daily schedules. In addition, the regulatory requirement for learners in schools to maintain a one-meter social distance has been repealed.
This was music to the ears of South African citizens. Many people were very happy with this announcement, but some were not happy with the fact that the regulations for church attendance weren’t changed. See some of the comments below:
Opinion
This is the greatest move for South Africa. However, people must continue to vaccinate and follow all regulations so that we can eliminate this virus that has changed our lives and taken away our loved ones. I really don’t understand the difference between opening schools and opening churches, because both are large groups.