Some school activities now permitted

Sports, choirs and tournaments are permitted again at schools following an amendment to Covid-19 directions by the department of basic education.

The signed amendment gives the go-ahead for school sports matches, physical education, extra-curricular activities, and interschool, district, provincial and national school sport tournaments.

However, the conditions are tough.

No spectators are allowed and a host of other rules that must be adhered to.

These are:

A Covid-19 compliance officer must be appointed for each venue;

There must only be one controlled entrance to the venue;

All participants must undergo health and temperature screening before warm-up or the event;

Any person who enters the venue must undergo health and temperature screening;

Hand sanitisers must be available at the entrance gate and every person who enters the venue must sanitise their hands;

Participants and officials must sanitise their hands before and after a match or event;

A person who leaves the venue temporarily and returns again must redo the process of temperature screening and sanitising; and

For contact tracing, a register of all officials and pupils from visiting and hosting schools who are attending a school match or event must be kept by the hosting school for at least 21 days.

It must contain detailed information of officials and pupils, including full names, residential address, cellphone number, telephone number or e-mail address. –