Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom South Africa 2520 Tel: 018 299-1111/2222 Web: http://www.nwu.ac.za Name of Research entity Tel: xxx Email: xxx Xx xxxxxx 2020

Dear Name of the Chairperson

REQUEST TO RESUME WITH research PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY The NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY Health Research Ethics committee (NWU-HREC)/north-west university animal care, safety and health research ethics committee (NWU-ANIMCAREREC) of the Faculty of Health sciences but put on HOLD due to alert level restrictions

Ethics number: NWU-.

Study title: xxx

Study leader/supervisor: xxx

Student: xxx

Application type: Single study/Larger study/Sub-study

Risk level:	Minimal/Medium/High

The following request is submitted for review by the North-West University Health Research Ethics Committee (NWU-HREC)/North-West University Animal Care, Safety and Health Research Committee, to obtain permission to resume the aforementioned research study, which involves the collection of data in a manner that a) requires face-to-face interaction with human participants in close proximity e.g. face-to-face interviews, focus groups, human sample collection, etc. and/or b) will be undertaken in homes, the community, or restricted government facilities e.g. schools, prisons, facilities for the aged etc., as indicated in the document entitled “Implications of alert levels for researchers and postgraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic”.

As the principal investigator of this research study, I have assured that the following conditions have been adhered to, before making this request:

Conditions	Yes/No
The lockdown alert level as decided by the South African Government has been reduced to an alert level as per the guideline document entitled, “Implications of alert levels for researchers and postgraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic” that allows interaction with human participants in close proximity.
The study has been successfully amended to include COVID-19 research isk assessment and management strategies.
The research team members have all read the North-West University COVID-19 Occupational Health and Safety Standard Operating Procedure and have been appropriately trained in the aforementioned risk mitigation strategies as indicated in the application documents.

Your favourable review of this request is greatly appreciated. Please inform me at your earliest convenience should you have any queries.

Yours sincerely

_____________________

Name of applicant

Affiliation of applicant

“Implications of alert levels for researchers and postgraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic” created by Prof Minrie Greeff