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REVISED COVID-19 DECLARATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH

IN THE WAKE OF INCREASING CASES AND DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE IN LIBERIA, AND GIVEN OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CURRENT SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITIES, ITS MODES OF TRANSMISSION, AND MEANS OF PREVENTION, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HEREBY ANNOUNCES A REVISED SET OF NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY GUIDE GUIDELINES IN KEEPING WITH THE HEALTH EMERGENCY DECALRED ON MARCH 21, 2020 PURSANT TO CHAPTER 14 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OF LIBERIA. UNDER THIS REVISED DECLARATION I HEREWITH DESIGNATE ALL 15 COUNTIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA AS AFFECTED AREAS IN WHICH THE FOLLOWING RULES AND REGULATIONS MUST APPY IMMEDIATELY AND REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTILL OHTERWISE MODEFIED. THIS DECLARATION WILL BE UPDATED BASED ON THE PREVAILING SITUAITON IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE.

  1. All persons shall strictly follow and abide by all health protocols to protect against the spread of COVID-19 in Liberia which include the following:
  2. All persons shall wear a face mask covering both the nose and mouth at all times when in public place and when attending to sick persons;
  3. For clarity, public place is any place accessible to members of the public such as market places; shopping centers; transport vehicles including taxis, buses, keh-keh and motor cycles; health facilities; institutions of learning; hotels; entertainment centers and sports bars or video clubs; government buildings; business establishments, ports of entry etc.
  4. All Government institutions shall adopt a no-mask-no-entry, no-service policy;
  5. Social physical distancing of a minimum of three (3) feet from each other at all times is hereby imposed;
  6. Community and traditional leaders shall ensure the wearing of face masks in their communities;
  7. Mandatory hand washing with soap and clean water or alcohol based hand sanitizer is hereby ordered. Homes and all establishments, public and private shall ensure the implementation of this protocol at all times.
  8. All INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING ARE TO REMAIN CLOSED AS WE WORK WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FOR REOPENING. IN THE MAIN TIME, 12 GRADERS WHO ARE IN SCHOOL PREPARING FOR WASP MUST CONTINUE TO STRICTLY FOLLOW THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS LISTED IN COUNT 1 ABOVE.
  9. CHURCHES, MOSQUES AND ALL OTHER CENTERS OF WORSHIP AND PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE SHALL FOLLOW THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS LISTED IN COUNT 1 ABOVE.
  10. LARGE GATHERINGS INCLUDING PARTIES OF MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE, SPORTING EVENTS, WEDDINGS, AND FUNERALS ARE ALLOWED PROVIDED PERSONS IN ATTENDENCE FOLLOW THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS LISTED IN COUNT 1 ABOVE.
  11. RESTAURANTS AND COOKSHOPS SHALL BE OPENED PROVIDED PERSONS AND STAFF IN ATTENDANCE FOLLOW THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS LISTED IN COUNT 1 ABOVE.
  12. BARBER SHOPS AND BEAUTY SALONS AND PERSONS AND STAFF IN ATTENDANCE SHALL FOLLOW THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS LISTED IN COUNT 1 ABOVE.
  13. BANKS SHALL ONLY ALLLOW TEN PEOPLE AT A TIME IN THE SERVICE AREAS AND THOSE OUTSIDE THE BANKS SHOULD KEEP A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST THREE FEET APART FROM EACH OTHER WHILE AWAITING SERVICE. PERSONS AND STAFF IN ATTENDANCE SHALL FOLLOW THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS LISTED IN COUNT 1 ABOVE.
  14. PUBLIC TRANSPORTS: TAXIS SHALL CARRY NO MORE THAN THREE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK AND ON PASSSENGER IN THE FRONT; KEH-KEH SHOULD CARRY ONLY TWO PASSENGERS IN THE BACK AND NO PASSENGER IN THE FRONT. ALL DRIVERS/RIDERS AND PASSENGERS SHALL FOLLO THE PROTOCOLS LISTED UNDER COUNT 1 ABOVE. COMPULSARY MASK WEARING IS HEREBY IMPOSED IN ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORTS.
  15. ALL PORTS OF ENTRY SHALL FOLLOW DIRECTIVES FROM THE PRESIDENT VIA THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND THE LIBERIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY.
  16. ALL SUPERMARKETS AND LARGE STORES MUST INSIST ON MASK WEARING AND ALLOW ONLY 20 CUSTONERS AT A TIME, WHILE THOSE CUSTOMERS OBSERVE SOCIAL DISTANCING BY BEING A MINIMUM OF THREE FEET APART AT ALL TIMES. THOSE OUTSIDE SHALL REMAIN OUTSIDE AND STAND A MINIMUM OF THREE FEET APART AS WELL, AS THEY AWAIT THEIR TURN TO BE SERVED. ALL BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO FIND INNOVATIVE WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING COUNT 1.
  17. ALL HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND PHARMACIES WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR ROUTINE SERVICES, WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING PRACTICES. ALL SAFETY RULES AND PROCEDURES AT HOSPITALS AND ALL FACILITIES SHALL BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO. MANDATORY MASK WEARING IS IMPOSED AT ALL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS.
  18. ALL MARKETERS AND BUYERS ARE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS LISTED IN COUNT 1.
  19. ALL STREET SELLERS ARE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS LISTED IN COUNT 1.
  20. COMMUNITY DWELLERS ARE ASKED TO PLEASE REPORT PEOPLE WHO SHOW SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF THE CORONAVIRUS SUCH AS (COUGHING, FEVER, DIFFICULTY BREATHING) IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO RELEVENT HEALTH AND SECURITY AUTHORITIES. PLEASE CALLS (4455).
  21. NIGHT CLUBS AND BARS SHALL REMAIN CLOSED; OTHER RELATED ENTAINMENT CENTERS SUCH BUSINESS DEALING ACOHOLIC BEVERAGES SHALL CLOSED AT 9PM.

OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ON THE COVID-19 VIRUS SHALL ONLY BE ANNOUNCED BY THE MOH, NPHIL AND MICAT.

ALL CITIZENS, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES.

SANCTIONS: VIOLATION OF THESE SET OF RULES SHALL BE DEALT WITH IN KEEPING WIITH SECTION 14.6 OF THE PUBLIC HEALHT LAW WHICH STATTES IN PART:

                      “Any person…who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules

           Made thereunder shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two        hundred dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or to both such fine and imprisonment”.

           NOTE: MANDATORY MASK WERING IMPOSED ABOVE APPLIES TO ALL PERSONS INCLUDING PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

The Ministry of Justice, AS HEAD OF THE JOINT SECURITY, SHALL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS ENFORCE THESE RULES WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN, WE SHALL AND WE MUST KICK COVIID-19 OUT OF LIBERIA.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND IN THE CITY OF MONROVIA ON THIS 22ND DAY OF July A.D. 2020

SIGNED: __________________________________

            Wilhelmina S. Jallah , MD, MPH, CHES, EWACP

           MINISTER

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