The COVID-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (the ‘COVID-19 Act’) and the Quarantine Act 2020 (the ‘New Quarantine Act’) which have been passed on 15 May 2020 in the National Assembly seek to lay the foundations for re-opening of the country within appropriate public health parameters. The President of the Republic has assented to the COVID-19 Act and the New Quarantine Act, and they have been published in the Government Gazette on 16 May 2020.