Gift of the Givers had its busiest day at its Bellville Covid-19 testing station when a group of police officers were tested. TheCapeArgus day21oflockdown
The organisation’s medical head for the Western Cape, Dr Naeem Kathrada, said a call was received yesterday morning to inform them that one of the members had tested positive, and all those who had contact with the officer needed to be tested immediately.
“It was our busiest day, but it ran very smoothly. In about 45 minutes we managed to see all of them. It would have been quicker, but they didn’t have any of their forms filled out. I got in some extra volunteers, and we didn’t have any issue at all. It went very smoothly. If we look at our other stations nationally, this seems to be the trend - around 30 to 40 people a day could be tested. Once it starts picking up, this could happen here.
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