IFP Statement on Adjusted Covid-19 Alert Level 4
27 June 2021
The IFP notes the difficult announcement made this evening by President Cyril Ramaphosa, that our country is now officially in the third-wave of Covid-19 and therefore the entire country will now be placed under Adjusted Lockdown Alert Level 4.
The IFP believes that this announcement should stand as a clear admission of government's inability to be proactive in taking advice from experts and making decisions based on international best practices.
Government simply ignored the IFP's request to place an immediate travel ban to and from India as early as December last year, yet now we face another mammoth challenge, with the discovery of the Delta Variant on our shores.
We have and always will support government decisions that prioritise the saving of lives, while balancing the preservation of sustained livelihoods through limited economic activity, and an increase in government funds being appropriated towards service delivery and social relief efforts. We therefore, note the 14-day move to Adjusted Lockdown Alert Level 4, with additional travel restrictions placed on Gauteng.