Five health care workers at Durban's King Edward VIII hospital have tested positive for Covid-19.
Five health-care workers at Durban's King Edward VIII hospital have tested positive for Covid-19 but the hospital will not be closed.Five health-care workers at Durban's King Edward VIII hospital have tested positive for Covid-19.
“We wish to reiterate, as we have previously stated, that we will not be embarking on the wholesale closure of every health-care facility where staff test positive. “Hospital management is conducting the risk assessment, which will consider, among other factors: where the infection took place; when it happened; who was infected; and who their contacts were. Our intervention will be based on findings from that investigation.”
“We call upon the media and society at large to understand that hospitals are there to accept and treat patients with various kinds of ailments, including Covid-19.
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