Police consider charges against organisers of Fort Hare superspreader events

"We're looking into this in terms of contraventions of the disaster management regulations. What is important is our constant call for the public to give us information on people that are converging and gathering in numbers exceeding the numbers outlined in the disaster management regulations."

Under Alert Level 1, people are not allowed outside their homes between 00:01-04:00. People who have been given permission by a cabinet member, have a permit or are attending to a security or medical emergency are exempted.Recreational gatherings including those at cinemas, theatres, concerts and live performances are allowed and limited to 250 people for an indoor gathering and 500 people for outdoor gatherings.Tracing teams are now racing to track and contain them.

It took only two parties for nearly 30 students to contract Covid-19 at the University of Fort Hare. About 300 people were at one party on the 3rd of October. The spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Health Department, Siyanda Manana has more on these gatherings. Courtesy of

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