Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (Amendment) Order, No. 13 of 2020

(a) restaurants may serve customers for sit-in meals during licensed hours, but no alcoholic beverages may be served to such customers; and

(b) national parks and other amenities and facilities operated by or on behalf of the Parks and Wild Life Management Authority may be opened and operated for the benefit of tourists and visitors, but not for for- eign tourists, visitors or clients (except those already in the country at the date of promulgation of the Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (Amendment) Order, 2020 (No. 13), and who are not in quarantine or isolation in terms of the principal regulations or this order); and

(c) hunting safari operators may provide services for professional hunters and other customers of their services and facilities who are not foreign clients or foreign tourists (except those already in the country at the date of promulgation of the Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (Amendment) Order, 2020 (No. 13), and who are not in quarantine or isolation in terms of the principal regulations or this order). (3) In addition to the restrictions imposed on restaurants by this order and to the extent that restaurants are by this order permitted to operate, every owner or operator of a restaurant must see to it that— (a) only such chairs and tables are set out as will enable the restaurant to operate at not more than half its full capacity, and that customers at sit-in meals must observe the social distancing rule in relation to each other and cover their mouths and noses with a face mask when not consuming food or drink; 966 S.I. 160 of 2020 (b) disinfect all counters and any tables and chairs in use in the restaurant or hotel, before and after the opening of the premises for business; (c) every member of the staff of the restaurant— (i) has a COVID-19-free certificate issued within the previous fourteen working days, and be tested for the presence of the COVID-19 disease on or before the expiry of such certificate; and (ii) wears a face mask and gloves while at work at the restaurant; and (iii) on removal for any reason of his or her gloves, and in any event at intervals not exceeding three hours at a time, washes and sanitises his or her hands; (4) Every hotel shall dedicate a room in the premises of the hotel for isolating any patron or resident of the hotel is found to exhibit symptoms of the COVID-19 disease, until such time as an enforcement officer may remove the patron or resident to a hospital or place of isolation or quarantine for testing and, if necessary temporary detention. (5) In addition to the restrictions imposed by this order, the Parks and Wild Life Management Authority and every hunting safari operator must see to it that— (a) where appropriate in any gathering of more than two persons each person wears a face mask and observes the social distancing rule; (b) disinfect all premises, vehicles, tables and chairs in use in connection with the facility operated by the Parks and Wild Life Management Authority and hunting safari operator concerned, before and after the opening of the facility for business; (c) every member of the staff of the Parks and Wild Life Management Authority and hunting safari operator concerned— 967 Public Health COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (Amendment) Order, 2020 (No. 13) (i) has a COVID-19-free certificate issued within the previous fourteen working days, and be tested for the presence of the COVID-19 disease on or before the expiry of such certificate; and (ii) wears a face mask and gloves while at work; and (iii) on removal for any reason of his or her gloves, and in any event at intervals not exceeding three hours at a time, washes and sanitises his or her hands; (6) Any order of an enforcement officer issued for the purposes of this section to the owner or operator of a restaurant or hotel, or to a responsible person at a facility operated by the Parks and Wild Life Management Authority or a hunting safari operator, or to a patron or resident of a hotel for the purposes of subsection (4), shall have the same force and be subject to the same penalties for non-compliance therewith as are specified in section 6 of the principal regulations.”. Supplement to the Zimbabwean Government Gazette Extraordinary dated the 3rd July, 2020. Printed by the Government Printer, Harare. 968