The Government of Botswana has extended the state of emergency for another six month until March 2021 to combat the spread of Covid-19. The country's President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced in an extraordinary meeting of Botswana's National Assembly on 27 September 2020 that the extension will allow the Government to introduce a different set of regulations geared at preventing the further spread of the disease. These measures inlcude controlling the movement of people, restricting public gatherings, the prohibition of entry into the republic by non-citizen, suspension of the retrenchment of workers and certain laws, as well as the provision of payment of people affected by the regulation. President Masisi added the state of emergency will be used solely for the purpose of fighting the spread of the Covid-19 in Botswana.
Botswana first declared a state of public emergency with effect from 02 April 2020 for an initial 21 days which was later extended for six months until 02 October 2020.
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