The government has been barred by the high court in Pretoria from forcing patients who test positive for Covid-19 into compulsory state quarantine - if they are able to self-isolate
Patients who can self-isolate do not have to be placed in state quarantine facilities, says the high court.The government may not force patients who test positive for Covid-19 into compulsory state quarantine if they are able to self-isolate, the high court in Pretoria ruled on Wednesday.
“These regulations, which AfriForum regards as ... irrational, were aimed at putting everyone who tests positive for Covid-19 under compulsory state quarantine,” the lobby group said in a statement.
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