The City of Cape Town’s Corporate Services Directorate wishes to advise residents and visitors of the change in Covid-19 protocols at City facilities in compliance with the Cabinet’s decision.

Cabinet recently approved changes to the Adjusted Alert Level 1 Covid-19 regulations after the Department of Health reported that South Africa has exited the fourth wave.

Based on the trajectory of the pandemic and the levels of vaccination in the country, Cabinet has decided to make the following changes to Adjusted Alert Level 1:

– those who test positive with no symptoms do not have to isolate

– if you test positive with symptoms, the isolation period has been reduced from 10 to seven days.

The City aligns itself with all nationally approved Covid-19 protocols, as such, the following applies at all City facilities:

• Symptom screening must continue as it is a legal requirement, and every visitor to any City facility will be required to have their hands sanitised and you will need to complete the screening form provided by the delegated authority.
• Temperature measurement is no longer required or recommended for Covid-19 screening. It is not a legal requirement, and residents and visitors will no longer be required to have their temperatures taken.
• The number of patrons allowed at City facilities has been increased. Based on the current Covid-19 lockdown regulations, the maximum capacity of patrons will be allowed into a facility. The maximum capacity is determined at the discretion of the facility management at each facility.
• Wearing of masks is mandatory.

‘We want to assure our residents that we are doing everything possible to ensure that our facilities are compliant with Cabinet’s decision. I also want to plead with you to work with us as we adjust to this new way of doing things and to comply with requests from the front office staff when visiting City facilities. The staff are well trained to provide guidance and to making the visit as pleasant as possible. All our facilities have a sanitiser near the entrance and we urge everyone to please sanitise hands before entering the facility to ensure that this fourth wave and coming waves are kept under control. I want to thank each and every resident for their patience and cooperation since the outbreak of the pandemic. It has been a difficult time for all of us and by working together we can make it easier to adapt,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, Alderman Theresa Uys.

Source: City Of Cape Town