| (1) | The Cabinet member responsible for cooperative governance and traditional affairs must upon the recommendation of the Cabinet member responsible for health and in consultation with Cabinet, determine by notice in the Gazette, which of the following Alert Levels apply at a national, provincial, metropolitan or district level or in a hotspot: |
| (2) | The Alert Level determined to apply at a national level applies to all provinces, metropolitan areas and districts, unless a different alert level is otherwise determined. |
| (3) | Movement of persons may be restricted in and out of a hotspot. |
| (4) | The Cabinet member responsible for health must after consultation with the member of the Executive Council responsible for health of the relevant province identify a hotspot by taking into account— |
| (a) | the number of active cases per 100,000 population; |
| (b) | the rate of increase of active cases; |
| (c) | the availability of hospital beds and related resources; and |
| (d) | any other factor relevant for the purposes of containment of COVID-19. |
| (5) | The Cabinet member responsible for cooperative governance and traditional affairs may upon the recommendation of the Cabinet member responsible for health, determine by notice in the Gazette a hotspot as identified, and the additional restrictions that may apply. |
| (6) | The Cabinet member for health shall oversee the implementation of a plan developed in consultation with the member of the Executive Council responsible for health in the relevant province to contain the spread of infection in a hotspot which shall include, but not be restricted to health measures such as intensive surveillance and intervention measures, increased deployment of personnel, increased testing, management of quarantine and isolation sites and increased resources for health services. |
[Regulation 3 substituted by section 4 of Notice No. 608, GG43364, dated 28 May 2020]
