Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Notices

Electronic Communications, Postal and Broadcasting Directions

10. Support to Health Sector

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10.1All audio-visual services particularly broadcasting service licensees must support the health sector with programming and public announcements related to the COVID-19 disaster.

 

10.2Electronic Communications Service Licensees must zero-rate all COVID-19 sites as identified by the Department of Health and must zero rate all calls to the national number for COVID-19 as published by the Department of Health.

[Direction 10(10.2) substituted by Notice No. 451, G43209, dated 6 April 2020]

 

10.3 112 Emergency Centres are directed to ensure that in the case of calls about COVID-19, the caller is connected to the national number as published by the Department of Health, if requested.

 

10.4 All Emergency Centres are directed to display the national number for COVID-19 as published by the Department of Health.

[Direction 10.3 and 10.4 inserted by Notice No. 451, G43209, dated 6 April 2020]