Western Cape govt scouting for temporary coronavirus treatment sites

  • 📰 TheCitizen_News
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 33 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 75%

South Africa Headlines News

South Africa Latest News,South Africa Headlines

On Wednesday it was reported that the government in Gauteng was negotiating with Nasrec to turn it into a temporary treatment site for Covid-19 patients.

Suitable venues are being looked for in the Western Cape to be used as temporary treatment sites, in preparation for any increases in the province’s number of coronavirus infections.

Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku said the department was “working with Nasrec to put up a bigger facility for hospitalisation purposes”, referring to ICU, high care and a general wards.The number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in South Africa had risen to 1,380 by Wednesday, up by 27 from the day before.Five deaths have been confirmed in South Africa.

“Our contact tracing teams continue to work to quickly identify and isolate close contacts in all instances of a positive case being identified. We currently have 20 people whom we have placed into isolation facilities, where they are receiving appropriate care,” he said.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Western Cape records 348 Covid-19 positive cases, with 50 recoveriesThirteen people are currently in hospital, with three patients being treated in ICU.
Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »

Central Karoo still clear as Western Cape Covid-19 cases rise to 348The number of Covid-19 patients in the Western Cape had risen to 348 by midnight on Monday, said premier Alan Winde.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Former ANC Western Cape chair Marius Fransman tests positive for Covid-19'Since my return from abroad 2 weeks ago, I didn't feel too well and decided in line with health protocols and realising that this has become life's reality, to do a test last Monday.' Kurough guys... 😭 Get well soon bro, God Love us Mxm. 2 weeks ago. Yazi...You should have known better. You own stupidity.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

The small Western Cape town where lockdown rules are ignoredFive days into the nationwide lockdown, Haarlem resident David Huddleston said you wouldn’t know this was the case in the village. CapeTimesSA Day6 lockdown CapeTimesSA This look the boy's from our estate they always playing soccer on the street n remember police can't get them because of they police have to request access to enter estate by the time gate it's open there gone n locked themselves so it's a cat n mouse game CapeTimesSA Oh. My. Freaking. Word... At this point I feel like you saved this article for today, and that you knew about this long time ago. It's been this way since Day 1. Literally. There's many more places, it's not just the villages.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Former ANC Western Cape chair Marius Fransman tests positive for Covid-19Fransman made the announcement in a Facebook post on Tuesday evening. Covid19SA 21daylockdownSA I asked GPANC guys to distance, and was given carrots. It's starting. The corrupt guys are testing negative why? My her soul rest in peace
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint - The Mail & GuardianThe Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’. I smell the corrupt 'Judge President' John Hlophe here, the guy the Chief Justice of South Africa, Mogoeng Mogoeng is so afraid off. Corrupt South African Judicial system. Another failed state
Source: mailandguardian - 🏆 2. / 92 Read more »