Health officials test Alex residents after man tests positive for COVID-19

ALEXANDRA - The Gauteng government has deployed a team of health workers to the Stjwetla information settlement to test people for COVID-19.Health officials are hard at work here at the Stjwetla informal settlement in Alexandra testing neighbours of the man who tested positive for COVID-19.The infected individual had been staying with a group of nine people who have now been quarantined.

Stjwetla is one of the densely populated settlements in the province with residents sharing chemical toilets and shacks built very close to one another, making social distancing a major challenge.

In the open like that. We suggested a usage of Tents for privacy reasons. We are a joke

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