Cape Town has launched Covid-19 testing booths at 17 clinics to boost efforts towards increased testing particularly for vulnerable individuals who are at higher risk of contracting the virus, the city council said on Monday.
In a statement, the council said the booths would also form part of the protection for frontline healthcare workers., after authorities identified constraints around the provision of personal protective equipment.
The testing for vulnerable individuals includes all persons older than 55 years of age showing Covid-19 symptoms, individuals under the age of 55 with pre-existing health conditions, healthcare workers displaying Covid-19 symptoms as well as individuals living in care and old aged homes displaying symptoms of the coronavirus.
He said as local cases of transmissions continued to rise, screening and testing for communities was needed and the booths would also be a faster way for healthcare workers to test patients without coming into direct contact with them.
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