The 850-bed Covid-19 field hospital at Cape Town International Convention Centre is closing after treating 1,502 patients.
The Cape Town International Convention Centre's Hall 4 was one of the exhibition halls turned into a Covid-19 field hospital.
Resources from the Thusong Covid-19 field hospital in Khayelitsha have also been handed over to Medecins Sans Frontieres to be used in Butterworth, in the Eastern Cape, after the facility was closed. “That was really disturbing for me. I know that up until now we’ve been saying stay at home as much as possible. I’m now asking you to continue with wearing your mask, to continue cleaning your hands and use hand sanitisers, to continue to be absolutely aware of social distancing, but to go out of your homes and support a local business.”
Cloete said the province’s diabetes project also helped doctors to mitigate the effect of Covid-19 on diabetics, one of the most at-risk comorbidity groups.
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