Covid-19 screening and testing sites have been identified in the metro

The Ekurhuleni metro has opened screening and testing sites across the region in order to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The metro’s spokesperson, Themba Gadebe, said patients will be screened on arrival and tested only if they meet the clinical criteria based on the guidelines set out by the World Health Organisation and the South African National Institute of Communicable Diseases.

He added that to avoid mass testing that is unwarranted, patients must meet the Covid-19 case criteria which indicates that they:

• Have a severe acute respiratory illness, with fever or history of fever and cough with pneumonia or

• Have acute respiratory distress syndrome (based on the clinical signs or x-ray findings) that require you to be admitted to hospital

• Have documented travel history to any country where Covid-19 has occurred within 14 days before symptoms start.

Or

Have had close physical contact with patients with severe acute respiratory infections, specifically if you are a health professional dealing with patients who have severe acute respiratory infections and where the case of patients’ symptoms haven’t been confirmed.

People who have contracted the coronavirus may take up to one or 14 days to develop symptoms, which include:

• fever

• cough

• shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.

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The following clinics have been identified:

• Northmead Clinic

Address: Aster Street, Benoni

Tel: 011 425 0744

Working hours: 8am-8pm.

• Crystal Park Clinic

Address: 113 Strand Street

Tel: 011 999 6173

Working hours: 8am-5pm, closed on weekends.

• Daveyton Main Clinic

Address: Bhengu Street, Daveyton

Tel: 011 424 3206

Working hours: Open 24 hours.

• Mary Moodley Clinic

Address: 732 Khan Acres Street, Actonville

Tel: 011 422 5764

Working hours: 7am-7pm.

Outside Benoni:

• Thembisa Hospital

Address: Reverent R.J Namane Drive Hospital view, Thembisa

Tel: 011 923 2000

Working hours: Open 24 hours.

• Endayeni Clinic

Address: Cnr 1st and James Moleya St, Endayeni Thembisa

Tel: 011 999 4332

Working hours: 8am-5pm, closed on weekend.

• Edenvale Clinic

Address: Nguni Dr, Edenvale

Tel: 011 424 5651

Working hours: 8am-4pm, closed on weekends.

• Alra Park Clinic

Address: 4 Preach Ave, Nigel

Tel: 011 819 2500

Working hours: 8am-8pm.

• Andries Raditsela Clinic

Address: Izilwane Blvd Langaville, Brakpan

Tel: 011 368 8003

Working hours: 8am-5pm, closed on weekends.

• Dukathole Clinic

Address: 1166 Van Lingen Germiston.

Tel: 011 827 1777

Working hours: 8am-4pm, closed on weekends.

“All facilities are equipped and will observe the protocol of social distancing to decrease the risk of contracting the virus ,”said Gadebe.