Full stadiums, no need for vaccination certificate as Covid restrictions lifted
The lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions by the Department of Health Department will allow for full stadiums and scraps the need for proof of vaccination.
Briefing the media in Pretoria on Thursday, Health Minister Joe Phaahla confirmed that proof of vaccination will no longer be a requirement.
"We approached the NCCC (National Coronavirus Command Council) and the National Health Council, which is made up of all provincial Health MECs with a proposal that the limited regulations which dealt with wearing of masks indoors, limitations of gatherings, vaccination proof or PCR negative tests at Ports of Entry should all be lifted."
Up until Wednesday, sports fans were limited to 50% venue capacity.
Phaahla said by mid-June there had been a decline in daily cases, hospitalisations, positivity rate, reproductive number, and reported deaths.
"Having monitored the positive direction for more than three weeks we came to the conclusion that the peak infection which we concluded was a limited 5th wave driven by subvariants and not a new variant of concern was dissipating and that there was no more imminent risk."
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