Masks South Africa

Face masks could soon be a thing of the past in South Africa following recommendations made by Health Minister Joe Phaahla this week.

Subscribe to News24 to be part of the conversation in the comments section of this article. News24 earlier reported that Phaahla had called for various Covid-19 regulations to be scrapped, including rules on mask wearing in public indoor spaces and limitations on the size of public gatherings. Face masks could soon be a thing of the past in South Africa following recommendations made by Health Minister Joe Phaahla this week.

National Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has made recommendations to the Cabinet that could see changes to the mandatory wearing of masks and numbers ...

As per the Department of Health’s latest Covid-19 figures, SA has recorded 291 new cases with 16 deaths reported. - Access to the CCMA during the COVID-19 lockdown The minister noted a decline in the number of reported Covid-19 cases and rate of hospitalisations, the effective productive rate of the virus, the positivity rate in the number of tests done and a decline in the number of daily deaths.

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An apparent leaked Health Department memo suggests that we could soon see some rules being dropped, including the wearing of masks at indoor public ...

South Africa's Health Minister Joe Phaahla has recommended that wearing masks should be phased out while restrictions on public gatherings should no longer be required. The requirement of vaccination certificates and Covid-19 tests should also no ...

South Africa is no longer under the state of national disaster and last relaxed Covid-19 restrictions at the beginning of May. “I, therefore, request that you as MECs of Health advise if you are in support or have any concerns regarding the repeal of these regulations as gazetted on the 4th May 2022 and feel free to offer any comments on this proposal repeal,” said Dr Phaahla. The requirement of vaccination certificates and Covid-19 tests should also no longer be necessary, according to suggestions by Dr Phaahla.

For the first time since March 2020, South Africans might soon be able to rid themselves of masks entirely.

At the moment, travellers are expected to show a vaccination certificate, or a negative Covid-19 test. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has thrown his support behind the move to drop the mask mandate, as well as other Covid-19 restrictions. If you come across Covid-19 vaccination information that you do not trust, read Covid-19 vaccine myths debunked: Get the facts here. At long last coming to grips with the reality. Currently, wearing masks is compulsory in indoor spaces, including shopping malls and public transport. According to a letter Health Minister Joe Phaahla sent out to MECs, the country has exited the 5th wave and can, therefore, consider repealing Covid-19 regulations.

Daily new cases remain low as the number of deaths and people hospitalised decline.

South Africa is no longer under the state of national disaster and last relaxed Covid-19 restrictions at the beginning of May. “I, therefore, request that you as MECs of Health advise if you are in support or have any concerns regarding the repeal of these regulations as gazetted on the 4th May 2022 and feel free to offer any comments on this proposal repeal,” said Dr Phaahla. The requirement of vaccination certificates and Covid-19 tests should also no longer be necessary, according to suggestions by Dr Phaahla.

Health Minister Joe Phaahla has recommended that the country do away with mask mandates and restrictions on gatherings.

Face masks used as a protective measure against the spread of the coronavirus. The Department of Health says Cabinet is taking advice from science experts on ...

“Definitely we will be pushing for every one of the COVID-19 restrictions to be removed. “We must remember that there are two pending cases here, the one is against the limited regulations which has been announced that they’ll be withdrawing those and those limited regulations are mask mandate, social distancing and limit on venue capacities. This is based on the scientific report presented by our scientists who provide advice to the minister in the Cabinet.

Health minister Joe Phaahla has proposed scrapping the coronavirus regulations that require mask wearing indoors, limit the size of gatherings and stipulate ...

At the time, two new sublineages of the Omicron variant, BA.4 and BA.5, were dominating transmission, and it was not clear whether behavioural changes or these sublineages were driving the surge in cases. The department of health consulted the national coronavirus command council on June 20 and proposed that the regulations for mask wearing and gatherings, as well as port of entry limitations, no longer need to be in place, the minister said. The regulations, published in the Government Gazette on May 4, were brought in at a time when new cases were rising rapidly and the status of the epidemic was “very concerning and unpredictable”, the minister said. These include the number of cases, hospital admissions and deaths, as well as a decline in the effective reproductive rate to below 0.7% and a drop in the test positivity rate. The authenticity of the memo was verified by a senior health official. Health minister Joe Phaahla has proposed scrapping the coronavirus regulations that require mask wearing indoors, limit the size of gatherings and stipulate testing and vaccination requirements for travellers to SA.

'This is a very bad decision. We're putting lives at risk': the National Teachers Union said of a proposal to scrap face masks in schools.

He said: “We are still in the Covid-19 era and we can’t diverge from safety regulations in place to protect educators and learners. We’ve already compromised on social distancing and now we’re putting the lives of teachers and learners at risk”. End the masks!” Spokesperson Nomusa Cembi said: “If the decision is informed by science and based on a decrease in the number of infections, we would not have a problem with lifting the mask mandate. CEO Jaco Deacon told the publication: “Some learners struggle to hear when teachers are wearing masks and it becomes more difficult for educators to gauge if learners have understood the lesson. Cembi added: “We worry about schools in townships and rural areas which are overcrowded.

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Phaahla said the recommendations will be discussed with the cabinet “in the next 48-72 hours”.

At long last coming to grips with the reality. “At long last coming to grips with the reality. Western Cape premier Alan Winde welcomed the recommendations and emphasised all remaining Covid-19 restrictions must be removed. “The health department propose that regulations on mask wearing indoors, gathering limitations, and venue entry limitations no longer need to be in place. “We have been monitoring the epidemic, working with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and current epidemiological analysis. In a letter circulating online, Phaahla asked provincial health authorities for their views on whether the Covid-19 regulations should be abolished.

Health minister Joe Phaahla on Wednesday quietly repealed the regulations making face masks mandatory, before an announcement planned for Thursday.

The mask mandate and other restrictions had originally been imposed under the authority of a national state of disaster. Health minister Joe Phaahla repealed the relevant regulations with a simple notice in the Government Gazette, the import of which was not immediately evident because of the technical nature of the notice. - Limits on gatherings and border checks for Covid-19 – and the need to be vaccinated to enter South Africa – have also been dropped.

Government and health officials are meeting to discuss easing COVID-19 restrictions.

The National Coronavirus Command Council is meeting on Wednesday and the mask-wearing mandate is expected to be up for discussion. eNCA speaks to President of National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa Basil Manuel. Courtesy #DStv403 Health Minister Joe Phaahla, says there has been a drop in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

JOHANNESBURG - Government has done away with the remaining COVID-19 regulations. The rules on wearing masks indoors and the limitation on public events and ...

Health Minister Joe Phaahla has published these changes in the government gazette.— eNCA (@eNCA) #DStv403 #eNCA pic.twitter.com/hfmzzInnk6 June 22, 2022 Phaahla and Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, are set to brief the nation at 11 o clock on Thursday morning. Health Minister Joe Phaahla published the latest amendments in the Government Gazette this evening.

Limitations on gatherings as well as testing and vaccination requirements for visitors to South Africa are also scrapped. These regulations were implemented as ...

The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101697 to date.” According to the NICD, “The Department of Health reports 57 deaths and of these six deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. This after Health Minister Joe Phaahla gazetted a number of changes to COVID-19 regulations.

South Africa's Health Minister Joe Phaahla has repealed the country's remaining coronavirus-related restrictions, according to a government gazette ...

South Africans will no longer be required to wear face masks – at all. Health minister Joe Phaahla made a brief announcement in the Government Gazette.