Discussions underway to cautiously end National State of Disaster
Work is afoot to cautiously withdraw the National State of Disaster in line with the country's risk-adjusted strategy.
PUBLIC Service and Administration Minister, Ayanda Dlodlo, said work is underway to ‘cautiously withdraw’ the National State of Disaster in line with the risk-adjusted strategy.
Dlodo said this when Ministers in the Governance, State Capacity and Institutional Development (GSCID) cluster briefed the media to outline progress made in areas that the President, Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned in the State of the Nation Address.
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“Work is afoot to cautiously withdraw the National State of Disaster in line with our risk adjusted strategy.”
Dlodo warned that citizens cannot let their guard down yet because the Department of Health needed to improve the country’s vaccination uptake to attain population immunity and continue to observe none-pharmaceutical health protocols.
During the State of the Nation Address, Ramaphosa said the country is now in the phase of reconstruction and recovery following the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The Disaster Management Act has been an essential instrument towards our successful management of the novel Covid-19 pandemic.”
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