With just three weeks left before 15 February, pressure is mounting on President Cyril Ramaphosa to end the State of Disaster.
Last Friday, Cogta minister Dlamini-Zuma extended the national State of Disaster despite numerous objections that the regulations are unnecessary.
On Tuesday, Solidarity and Afriforum stated their intention to approach the North Gauteng High Court to end the State of Disaster – which has been in place for about 22 months.
According to Solidarity Movement chairperson Flip Buys, it seems that the pandemic is now entering an endemic phase. He said it appeared that increased group immunity against Covid-19 could now be detected, with the Omicron variant, resulting in less serious illness and fewer deaths.
“The fact that the virus is now endemic means the virus won’t disappear, but we will have to learn to live with the virus. It also means that exceptional measures by the state, such as those that can be instituted under a state of disaster, are no longer necessary in an effort to control the virus,” Buys said.
Sources: MSN, The Citizen
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