The CEO said the lack of testing kits, and the delay in receiving the test results, has not helped. It also made staff and families anxious and panicked.
A third resident at Cape Town’s Nazareth House for the aged has died of Covid-19, the facility said on Wednesday.
Essential staff were requested, where possible, to isolate themselves in the facility in which they were employed; He noted that many of the residents in their care are also terminally ill, with existing medical conditions and comorbidities. “This particular resident was terminally ill. As a precaution, the resident was tested for Covid-19, whereby the test results came back positive.”
Nazareth House also has another facility, which cares for the elderly in Cape Town, but is not part of the dementia care unit.
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