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

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Measure to Prevent and Combat the Spread of COVID-19: Public Transport Services Directions, 2020

6. Embarkation of Passengers in Public Transport Vehicles

 

(1) All operators must ensure that public transport vehicles are sanitized before picking up and after dropping off passengers.

 

(2)

(a) Operators must ensure that all public transport vehicles' doors and window handles, arm rest and hand rails are sanitized after every load; and
(b) Passengers must be encouraged to sanitise after they enter the vehicle and after getting off the vehicle

 

(3) Operators must ensure that all public transport vehicles are clean and tidy.

 

(4) All public transport operators must provide disinfection information materials and procedures.

 

(5) All drivers must wear a cloth face mask or a homemade item that covers nose and mouth.

 

(6) Any marshal or security officer who interacts with members of the public in a public transport facility must wear a cloth face mask or a homemade item that covers nose and mouth.

 

(7) The sanitisers used to sanitise all public transport vehicles must have a minimum of 60% alcohol content.

 

(8) No person will be allowed to use any form of Public Transport or enter a building, place or premises if they do not wear a cloth face mask or a homemade item that covers nose and mouth.

 

(9) All public transport operators must put measures in place to adhere to physical distancing to curb the spread of the virus.