Screening and testing: This is what has been done so far
The Presidents will address the nation again tonight
Mobile and door-to-door screening for Covid-19 started in Parys last week. The door-to-door screening was done in Tumahole and Schonkenville, while mobile site screening in town took place at old age homes, Epilepsy SA’s Free/State North West Centre, in front of the Parys Town Hall, Container Park, the Sasol garage in Breë Street, Shoprite Parys and Gleniffer.
Voluntary screening and testing for all personel also continued this week at the Parys Hopsital.
Last week personnel of Parys Hospital ran all the screening sites, screening for the past week and weekend alone, 981 community members, and 36 officials at the hospital. Of these, 35 community members and 15 personnel were tested.
In Vredefort and Mokwallo 2 420 people were screened over the weekend, and 9 people tested.
The mobile screening site in front of the Parys Town Hall, where about 60 people were screened within two hours on Friday afternoon. Screening is voluntary and implies that health practitioners will complete a questionnaire to identify people eligible for Covid-19 testing.
Screening is voluntary and implies that health practitioners will complete a questionnaire to identify people eligible for Covid-19 testing. Only those who qualify will then be referred for testing. Screening is currently being done all over the country as an important part in the scientific process of seeing where SA is at in terms of flattening the curve in the spread of the virus.
According to the Free State Department of Health, a total of 76 271 people had already been screened on Monday throughout the Fezile Dabi Distric. Parys forms part of Fezile Dabi.
Only three people in the Fezile Dabi District so far tested positive for Covid-19.
On Monday, the FS had a total of 102 positive Covid-19 cases and five deaths, all of which were in Bloemfontein.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in SA was 3635 on Wednesday.
There are currently four official testing sites in Parys namely Parys Hospital, the Schonkenville Clinic, Thabang Clinic and the Vivian Mangwane Clinic. Relebohile Clinic is the testing site for Vredefort.
- Remember that the President will again address the nation tonight giving more information on the way forward.
