Platinum mining group Implats has temporarily suspended operations at its Marula operation in Limpopo after detecting a 'cluster' of positive Covid-19 cases.
Implats has temporarily suspended operations at its Marula operation after 19 cases of Covid-19 were detected.Platinum mining group Implats has temporarily suspended operations at its Marula operation in Limpopo after detecting a “cluster” of positive Covid-19 cases.
“Of these cases, 14 were identified as the result of proactive testing of employees returning to work. None of these employees had started work at the mine. Of the remaining five, one case was identified as a primary contact and the remaining four were identified through contact tracing. Two of the active cases had recently returned from the Eastern Cape
It was also confirmed that these cases included a local health provider and four mine-employed health providers working at the mine clinic. It added that department of health officials had visited patients at the mine's quarantine site on Saturday.
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