48 staffers test positive for Covid-19 at Durban's St Augustine's Hospital, partial closure looms | TheMercurySA Day12ofLockdown
Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department is set to meet with the management of Durban's St Augustine's Hospital after 48 of the hospital's staff tested positive for Covid-19.
We are concerned about developments at St Augustine’s Hospital. 66 tested positive over the past few days. About 48 of them are staff. The Provincial dept. is engaging the hospital, with a view to closing parts of the hospital downMkhize said he hoped that fumigation at the hospital will start soon.
We hope the fumigation process will start soon there. We have also assigned specialists there. We must always be on the lookout. The infection can seep in from any institution. We must now trace all the contacts. It is a matter of serious concern and we are dealing with it.Last week, Netcare Group CEO, Dr Richard Friedland, said that the hospital's trauma unit had been closed and they were no longer taking on new admissions.
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