Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections from the Department of Health to prevent and combat the spread of COVID-1921A. A symptomatic person |
| (1) | A person who tests positive for COVID-19 and is symptomatic with mild disease (not requiring hospitalisation for COVID-19) must be isolated for a period of at least 10 days from the date when the symptoms set in. |
| (2) | A person may de-isolate 10 days after the onset of symptoms, provided that the person no longer has fever and his or her other symptoms have improved. |
| (3) | A symptomatic person with moderate-severe disease must be isolated for 10 days after recovery when the person no longer requires supplemental oxygen and is clinically stable. |
| (4) | Contact tracing must be conducted for close contacts (any individual within two metres of an infected person for at least 15 minutes) of laboratory-confirmed or probable COVID-19 patients. |
[Direction 21A(4) inserted by section 10 of Notice No. 1278, GG43954, dated 3 December 2020]
| (5) | Remote communications for the purposes of case investigation and contact tracing must be utilised and in-person communication may be used after remote options have been exhausted. |
[Direction 21A(5) inserted by section 10 of Notice No. 1278, GG43954, dated 3 December 2020]
| (6) | Testing is recommended for all symptomatic close contacts of confirmed or probable COVID-19 patients. |
[Direction 21A(6) inserted by section 10 of Notice No. 1278, GG43954, dated 3 December 2020]
[Direction 21A inserted by section 5 of Notice No. R. 868, GG43600, dated 7 August 2020]
