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Several confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been identified from the parties and all attendees are now considered contacts.
ARCHIVE: Enrollment at the Rage festival party in Ballito. Image: Kayleen Morgan / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – The Health Department has issued an urgent notice to all matrices who recently attended Rage’s popular New Years Eve parties to quarantine themselves, as the parties have now been identified as super recreational events.
Rage parties were held in Ballito, Plettenberg Bay, Johannesburg, and Jeffrey’s Bay from November 26 to December 6.
Several confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been identified from the parties and all attendees are now considered contacts.
“We now urge all Rage attendees to immediately go into a 10-day quarantine period per the Department of Health’s Guidelines on Quarantine and Isolation. We also urge all Rage attendees to test for COVID-19.” the department said.
Parents have also been urged to bring their children who have attended Rage for testing as soon as possible.
“We caution South Africans that this is a clear illustration that large gatherings involving alcohol consumption are a significant risk and continue to undermine our efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
“While the government makes an effort to contain this virus, we now appeal to all parents to also exercise their parental prerogative and to set limits on the activities in which their children (specifically young people) can participate. It is clear that in these activities entertainment, most participants are not constantly aware of their good behavior. This means that our young people not only put themselves at risk of contracting COVID-19, but also put the lives of their parents, grandparents and other loved ones at risk living with comorbidities.. “
NEW CASES UP TO MORE THAN 4,000
Meanwhile, the daily number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa has risen by 4,645.
These latest infections bring the total number of known cases since the outbreak started here in the homeland to more than 810,000.
Gauteng accounts for almost 30% of the country’s infections, followed by the Western Cape with 17%, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal account for 16% each.
More than 100 more deaths have also been reported in the past day, bringing the death toll to 22,067.
So far, more than 744,000 people have recovered from the virus.
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