The City of Ekurhuleni has closed the Duduza Clinic from operation indefinitely after staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
The first patient is a nurse who had attended the prayer breakfast at the Divine Restoration Ministries in Bloemfontein, earlier in March. The nurse underwent a reaction test after being identified as a contact of the Bloemfomtein gathering. The results returned positive on March 31, leading to the patient being placed under quarantine and medical observation.
Clinical staff members who displayed symptoms at the facility have been tested and are currently under self-isolation, while awaiting test results.
Staff who haven’t displayed symptoms have been placed on special leave to self-isolate until further notice.
In a statement released, the office of the executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Mzwandile Masina said that the closure of the facility is to allow though cleaning process:
"The facility and the surrounding area will be sanitised during the period of closure to kill any traces of the COVID-19 virus that may have survived on surfaces.”
Two mobile clinics have been deployed to the area to serve the community for the duration of the cleaning period. Staff from surrounding clinics will be deployed to the mobile clinics and will be required to wear personal protective equipment and practice stringent hygiene protocols when working with the public.
The number of confirmed Corona virus cases in Ekurhuleni stood just above 80 on Wednesday.
The metro has called for calm while it continues to respond to the confirmed cases
“As a City, we wish our nurse a speedy recovery. It is important that I reiterated that the fastest way to avert community transmissions of COVID-19 is to stay home and adhere to the regulations of the 21-day nation-wide lockdown,” the mayoral Spokesperson Phakamile Mbengashe explained.
The city of Ekurhuleni has appealed to citizens not to ignore symptoms and signs, but to visit their local healthcare facilities for medical assistance.
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