EWN reports that Eskom has advised that a staff member at the Koeberg Power Station tested positive for Covid-19, but that its operations have not been affected.  

The power utility said that the employee consulted a doctor after feeling ill and immediately reported the test results to the company before he went into isolation.  It is still unclear where the staffer contracted the virus.  Eskom said that it immediately contacted all staff members who were in contact with the patient and they too had been placed in isolation.  The area in which they work has been cleaned and disinfected in line with Covid-19 guidelines and Eskom policies.  Of the seven employees tested following contact with the infected person, six sets of results have so far been received and they were all negative.  A number of other Eskom employees, who work in operations and at power stations other than Koeberg, have also tested positive for the coronavirus.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lauren Isaacs at EWN

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