08 April 2020 – Department of Health implements new measures, community transmission

Type of Intervention: Guidance
Sectors Involved: Health
Intervention Categories: Legal and policy; New initiatives
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Ministry of Health

Overview: New measures implemented to further prevent spread of COVID-19 -Department of Health presented new measures that are being implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This comes as a new case of COVID-19 was detected on Monday 6th April 2020 that had the authorities classifying it as a community transmission given the amount of people he had come into contact with.
Full details here: http://www.health.gov.sc/index.php/2020/04/08/new-measures-implemented-to-further-prevent-spread-of-covid-19/

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Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – government
Evidence/Justification: New measures implemented to further prevent spread of COVID-19 -Department of Health presented new measures that are being implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This comes as a new case of COVID-19 was detected on Monday 6th April 2020 that had the authorities classifying it as a community transmission given the amount of people he had come into contact with.