One of the biggest laboratories in the country has seen a total of 15 lab technicians test positive for Covid-19.
“Arrangements have been made with the Western Cape department of housing to provide isolation facilities for those not able to do so in their homes. The Western Cape response team is doing the contact research and ensuring that the families of the affected employees are tested and isolated where appropriate,” he said.
“Only the sections housing the clinical pathology and haematology laboratories have been partially closed. All haematology and clinical pathology tests are being referred to other laboratories in the Western Cape. The laboratory closure does not affect the virology laboratory that is doing Covid-19 testing or the other discipline laboratories,” he explained.
More than 330 health practitioners including doctors, nurses and lab technicians, have been infected by Covid-19 in the country. KwaZulu-Natal remains the province with the highest number of infected health workers at 138. It is followed by Gauteng with 96 infections.
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