Covid-19: Metro to enforce the use of masks at its facilities

You won't be allowed in metro buildings or on public transport if you aren't wearing a face mask.

May 4, 2020

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The Ekurhuleni metro has issued a statement to inform all customers that, “in line with Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, it is compulsory for everyone using any of the municipality’s facilities to wear a face mask or any form of material covering mouth and nose, with effect from May 1.”

No visitors to the metro’s buildings will be permitted to enter any the facilities or board any of our public transport modes without the face mask or material covering the nose and mouth.

The restriction extents to all the metro’s venues, offices, customer care centres and depots.

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Nhlanhla Cebekhulu, divisional head: communications and media relations for Ekurhuleni, says: “Residents are urged to observe the lockdown restrictions and practise proper hygiene by washing their hands with soap for at least 20 seconds or use a sanitiser with an alcohol content of 60 per cent or more to curb the spread of the virus.

“The compulsory wearing of face masks or any appropriate item to cover mouth and nose in all public spaces and public transport is prescribed by Section 5.1 of the National Disaster Management Act Regulations gazetted on April 29, and the main benefit of wearing masks is to reduce the amount of virus-carrying coughed or sneezed droplets released into the environment by those who do not wear a masks.”

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