The government has taken immediate steps to halt the spike in the number of coronavirus cases.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Chris Fearne, together with Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci announced that the new measures come into effect from 8am on Friday.
From Friday 31st July,
- the number of people in every venue should be limited to 1 person for every 4sq.m to ensure social distancing
- Within the venue itself, groups of more than 10 will not be allowed
- People who attend these events will have to leave a contact number for ease of tracing
- Organisers will be responsible to ensure these standards are adhered to and risk legal action if they fail to do so
- Venues that can take more than 100 people will have to carry out a risk assessment prior to going ahead with the event
- From Friday, all festa marches will be stopped
