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Social media was filled with reactions to the government’s decision to extend the national state of disaster for one month, and some questioned the effectiveness of extending the national state of disaster.
The extension was announced Wednesday by cOperational Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
The state of disaster was expected to end on Thursday, but will now end on November 15. It was initially introduced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on March 15, to allow the government to craft regulations that curb the spread of Covid-19.
The minister published the extension on Wednesday, saying it was done “taking into account the need to continue to increase existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by state bodies to address the impact of the [Covid-19] disaster”.
The minister said the extension period will give the cabinet time to introduce a “progressive” and “responsible” return to normality and introduce measures that will prevent a second wave of the pandemic.
The health department said SA had identified 696,414 positive cases and recorded 18,151 deaths. There were 1,877 new cases on Wednesday.
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