Coronavirus: New Rules for Indoor Gatherings

THIS afternoon the Prime Minister has announced new rules for non-essential indoor gatherings.

Earlier this week the government announced a limit of 100 people for non-essential gatherings indoors and today announced a four square meter per person rule.

“We need to work harder to keep a healthy distance between us all,” said the Prime Minister.

“For gatherings of less than 100 is that there would be four square meters provided per person in an enclosed space, in a room, so that’s two meters, by two metres,” he said.

“So for example if you’ve got a room, if you’ve got a premises, if you’ve got a meeting room or something like that that’s 100 square meters then you can have 25 people in that room,” he said.

“Now in addition to that you should continue to practice wherever possible the metre – metre and a half of healthy distance between each of us to ensure we are limiting the contact and limiting the potential spread of the virus,” Prime Minister Scott Morison said.