North West Health MEC Madoda Sambatha has taken the decision to close the Promosa Community Health Centre in Potchefstroom after a nurse tested positive for Covid-19.
A statement released by the North West Health Department said that the MEC received a report on 6 May about the nurse’s results.
“We took decisive action to immediately close the facility to allow decontamination. A mobile [unit] has been deployed to ensure access and continued service delivery until the decontamination of the facility.”
The District and Sub-District Outbreak Response Teams have started to contact patients, staff and their families.
“All staff members at the facility will be placed under quarantine for the next 14 days. The Outbreak Response Teams are checking the suitability of their homes for self-quarantine. If the homes do not meet criteria for self-quarantine, they will be taken to a designated quarantine site. This also applies to their families and patients.”
For the next 14 days, the staff of the facility will not be at work. The department has appointed additional staff, however, they will scale down services like hours of operation and maternity services. The clients will be serviced at other facilities.
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