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By the IOL reporter 
1h ago
South Africans are taking full advantage of the blocking restrictions under Tier 4 starting today.
At Sea Point Promenade, Cape Town residents were in effect, delighting in being allowed to walk, bike, and run between 6 a.m. and at 9 a.m., within a 5 km radius of your home, as long as you wear a mask, practice social distancing and do not do it in organized groups.
This was also reportedly the case on Durban Beach and along the Garden Route in the Western Cape, where residents of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay made the most of it after being locked up in their homes for five weeks.
Concern was expressed that physical distancing on the Sea Point boardwalk was not being respected, with a Twitter user commenting on the mass of bodies making the most of sunlight, saying: “Everything that it takes someone to brush your arm. “
Another Twitter user posted: “You just have to watch the scenes on the Sea Point boardwalk this morning to know that the 3-hour window could increase the spread of Covid-19.”
Seafront promenade this morning. i have no words pic.twitter.com/B8o1l9BZBb
– Unity Ruiters (@MrsRuiters)
May 1, 2020
Another shocked user of social media posted: “What about all the very scenic roads around Sea Point? Why do people HAVE to walk the boardwalk? I don’t understand how people saw the crowds and didn’t leave. immediately”.
Amy Laird has started a petition on change.org to extend the hours, arguing: “The announced level 4 exercise conditions are unfair to many people and unnecessary.
Allowing exercise only for the 3 hours between 6 am and 9 am means that anyone who starts working at 8 am is unlikely to be able to exercise as they may need to travel to work, shower and prepare before Also, sunrise is only after 7 am each day and many people don’t want to run in the dark.
CLOCK: Durban beach is crowded with people this morning taking advantage of # Level4Restrictions that allows you to exercise in the morning. It is difficult to say that we are in a pandemic of this. People have flooded the boardwalk. @ News24 @ TeamNews24 # COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/Gbr0YYr961
– Kaveel Singh (@kaveels)
May 1, 2020
“In fact, it can be unsafe to run in the dark between 6 am and 7 am considering the increasing number of people who have no income and may be forced to resort to crime. This effectively reduces the window to less than 2 hours. Especially as we get closer to winter and sunrise occurs later each day.
“The reason for getting everyone out at the same time seems contradictory and pointless. Surely, to further promote estrangement, it’s best to allow people to exercise throughout the day and not try to overwhelm everyone in what they do. it is effectively a 2 hour window of sunlight.
“There is no increased risk of spreading the virus if a person runs or cycles at 8 a.m. vs. runs or cycles at 3 p.m., it can decrease the risk of people spreading at times that suit them.
“In this moment of uncertainty and sacrifice, I believe that most people can support some of the measures and restrictions that we have been asked to follow.
“For many, exercise is a release of pressure, a mental break from this situation, and a release of endorphins that makes us feel better. Allowing everyone to have access to this throughout the day will mean that more people accept the other restrictions. In place.
“People who exercise are healthier, have a stronger immune system, and therefore are more likely to fight the virus. Therefore, we should allow as much low-risk transmission exercise as possible.”
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