DECLARATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY
FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND MINIMISATION OF THE IMPACT OF CORONOAVIRUS
(COVID-19)
PURSUANT to the powers vested in me to
declare a State of Disaster under Section 26 of
the National Disaster Risk Management
Act 2016, on
the advice of the Cabinet and the Council,
I, LIONEL ROUWEN AINGIMEA,
MP, hereby
declare a National
Emergency for the Management and
Minimisation of the impact of Coronavirus
(Covid-19).
(a)
This Declaration comes into
immediate effect and shall continue for 30 days unless revoked or
varied.
(b)
Any subsidiary legislation,
directions or orders issued by me or any authorised person or
agency to supplement this Declaration must be complied with by all
persons residing in or travelling to the
Republic.
DECLARED at Yaren on this
16th day of March
2020.
Hon. Lionel Rouwen Aingimea,
MP
PRESIDENT AND MINISTER FOR NATIONAL
DISASTER EMERGENCY SERVICES
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ATTACHED STATEMENTS
on the Declaration of
National Emergency for the Management and
minimisation of the impact of Coronavirus, update. (English and
Nauruan translations)