Buffalo Coal employee tests positive for virus
"ll areas where the individual may have worked have subsequently been subject to a deep cleaning and sanitisation process."
An employee at Buffalo Coal’s has tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement to the Courier, the company said the employee was quarantined and referred to a medical practitioner after presenting flu like symptoms. The Company received confirmation of the test results on July 11.
“A total of seven employees, deemed to have had direct contact with the individual, were identified and have been requested to self-isolate in line with national health protocols and will be tested as a precaution. All areas where the individual may have worked have subsequently been subject to a deep cleaning and sanitisation process. Some employees have been re-deployed to ensure that the Coalfields processing plant can continue to operate,” the statement said.
“The Department of Health, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, regional health authorities, National Institute of Communicable Diseases and labour unions have been informed and engagements in this regard are on going.”
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