Govt relaxes regulations for funerals – here’s what you need to know
Teams have been dispatched to Port St Johns to attempt to control the spread of the virus and are screening, testing and tracing community members.
On Saturday morning, the province had 480 confirmed cases, six deaths and 25 recoveries. The figure increased from 270 cases reported on 19 April.
Most of the cases were in the Nelson Mandela Bay, Buffalo City and OR Tambo municipalities.
Lockdown regulations prohibit night vigils and limit the number of funeral attendees to 50.
But they allow travel between cities and provinces for funeral attendance.
Close family members of a deceased person who want to travel need a magistrate to sign a permit, or an affidavit may be presented for consideration at a police station.
Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba previously told News24 that the provincial government was considering a moratorium on the use of tents and catering at funerals due to the escalating number of positive cases at such ceremonies.