Hospitality industry anxious after Covid-19 rules extended to December 15

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'Don't shut us down in December', the hospitality industry pleaded on Tuesday, calling on government not to impose additional restrictions on the sector.

Fedhasa urged government to make every effort to avoid instituting regulations which hamper the hospitality sector’s operations, “particularly over the festive season break when many businesses will be trying to recover from the losses over the past 19 months”.

“As an industry, we are not insensitive to the fact that balancing lives and livelihoods is an impossible task and we understand sacrifices have to be made. However, hotels and restaurants are not just a non-essential lifestyle activity which can be switched on and off to stem the spread of Covid-19,” said Rosemary Anderson, Fedhasa national chairperson.

Unlike many other sectors, the hospitality sector has largely borne the brunt of changing lockdown regulations, despite putting in place stringent health and hygiene protocols, she said. “Thousands of livelihoods have already been lost and every day the operations of the hospitality sector and its extended supply chain are curtailed through regulations, more livelihoods hang in the balance.”a public health campaign encouraging citizens to comply with non-pharmaceutical protocols;“These really are the only way we can eliminate continuing surges, avoid Covid-19 limiting operations and restore some semblance of normality in our lives.

 

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