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Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We should keep gatherings small, have them outside or in well ventilated venues, ensure social distancing and wear masks as much as possible. We must remember that as much as we want to relax, this virus does not take a holiday. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
These social gatherings can be ‘super-spreader’ events that carry a huge risk of transmission of the virus. Each of us needs to ensure we take precautions to avoid spreading the virus to our families, especially our elders. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The summer season is traditionally a time for social gatherings, attending festivals and events, and socialising at weddings, religious gatherings and in both public and private spaces. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Travel carries great risks, which we can reduce by avoiding unnecessary travel. We can also reduce infection risk by wearing a mask in public transport, keeping the vehicle windows open and maintaining prevention measures on arrival. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The festive season is approaching. Schools and places of higher learning have closed for the summer holidays. Many of you are winding down at work and will soon be at home with your families. Many of you are preparing to travel to reunite with friends and relatives. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Across the world, countries with declining infections have eased restrictions only to experience a second, even more severe wave, forcing them to reimpose restrictions on movement, gatherings and economic activity. If there was ever a time for caution, it is now. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
It is extremely encouraging that the #CovidAlert SA app has now been downloaded by a million South Africans. If there is anything this pandemic has taught us, it is the danger of becoming complacent. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We can also protect ourselves by downloading the #CovidAlert SA mobile app that can notify us if we are exposed to the virus and thereby help to break the chain of transmission. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
It is by observing social distancing and avoiding large gatherings and indoor spaces where ventilation is poor. It is through regularly washing or sanitising our hands. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
But let us remember that until a vaccine is developed and distributed, we remain our own best protection against COVID-19. It is through our everyday actions that we will keep ourselves and others safe. It is through wearing a mask in public at all times. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In South Africa, our own Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) will review the approval applications when received from the developers and authorise their use. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We are also encouraged by the promising results from three trials of candidate vaccines, which have shown efficacy levels of between 70 and 95 per cent. We await confirmation from medicine regulators that these vaccines are safe, effective and suitable for our needs. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We are encouraged that the Solidarity Fund will be making the initial contribution of R327 million towards this vaccine procurement on behalf of our country. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We are participating in the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Global Vaccine Access Facility – known as the Covax facility – which aims to pool resources and share vaccine development risk and thus ensure equitable access to vaccines when they become available. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We continue to collaborate with our partners in the international community to ensure that all countries have access to an effective and affordable vaccine. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
As we have said in the past the only viable defence we will have against Covid-19 will be the vaccine. There are now many initiatives in the world to speed up the development of a vaccine. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Together with the measures to contain a resurgence in hotspot areas, the national effort continues to strengthen public health interventions such as community screening, increased testing, contact tracing and communication on behavioural change. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Taxi operators are also required to ensure that all their passengers wear masks. In addition, each one of us will be required to comply with the curfew times. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We have instructed law enforcement officials to ensure compliance with the law, by owners, controllers and managers of workplaces, shops, institutions and buildings to ensure social distancing and wearing of masks. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
For the safety of all of us, those who break the rules must face consequences. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We have all the tools we need to prevent a resurgence in the rest of the country. We can only do this if everyone plays their part. We can only prevent a second wave if all of us respect the rules that have been put in place for the protection of everyone. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
To ensure that we maintain the current prevention measures, the National State of Disaster will be extended to the 15th of January 2021 in line with the Disaster Management Act. All existing Level 1 restrictions remain in force throughout the country. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Based on this assessment and the development of the disease in these areas, the National Coronavirus Command Council will determine the appropriate course of action. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In the coming days the Minister of Health will be visiting the Sarah Baartman District and the Garden Route to assess the situation and to engage with various stakeholders in the province. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
They are not intended to increase the hardship experienced by our citizens. These measures are needed to contain the spread of the virus and to save lives. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
However, due to the high rates of infection in the metro, no initiation schools will be allowed in Nelson Mandela Bay. The measures that are being taken in Nelson Mandela Bay are not meant to punish its residents. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
This plan includes strict adherence to health protocols, including screening of initiates, the provision of personal protective equipment and the provision of water for hygiene and to prevent dehydration. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
This is because traditional leaders in the Eastern Cape have submitted a risk adjusted plan that has been approved by Departments of Health and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Following extensive consultation with traditional leaders, we have agreed that the summer initiation season in the Eastern Cape may go ahead. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In determining these restrictions, we have sought to take those steps which are absolutely necessary to save lives while limiting disruptions to the economy. — PolitiTweet.org
