{"id":11239,"date":"2022-08-02T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/govt-unmasks-the-public"},"modified":"2022-08-02T18:23:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T18:23:35","slug":"govt-unmasks-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/govt-unmasks-the-public","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t unmasks the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Ministry of Health has revealed that effective today, wearing of masks in outdoor areas will no longer be mandatory.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a press statement, ministry spokesperson Dr.Christopher Nyanga announced that the decision comes after reviewing the disease burden in the country and globally and most importantly, the high numbers of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government of Botswana has decided to relax some COVID-19 protocols in order to allow for more increased economic activity. \u201cSave for schools, protocols relating to social distancing will also now be optional.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been decided that there will no longer be isolation of positive cases, unless if such isolation has been prescribed by a physician or medical doctor,\u201d Nyanga added.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Nyanga indicated that COVID-19 testing of unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people, who present themselves at ports of entry, will no longer be conducted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people will now only require a 72 hour negative PCR test result to be allowed entry into Botswana. 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