News24 reports that the Netcare Sunward Park Hospital in Boksburg has closed its theatres for seven days and has diverted ambulance emergencies after some staff members tested positive for Covid-19.  

The facility has made special arrangements to take care of walk-in patients for emergency procedures during this time.  The hospital's general manager, Dr Zecharai Esterhuizen, said the tracking and tracing of everybody who came in contact with the staffers was underway.  High-risk nursing support staff and doctors will be monitored and placed in self-isolation for 14 days as a precaution.  All individuals who work at the East Rand health facility who tested positive for Covid-19 will be re-tested once their quarantine period has been completed.  They will only be allowed to go back to work if their results are negative.  The hospital group has been hit by the virus.  Four people died during an outbreak at St Augustine's Hospital in Durban and 47 staff members tested positive, while 10 staff members at Kingsway Hospital in Amanzimtoti tested positive.  Mediclinic has also been hit by the virus, with 26 people testing positive at Mediclinic Cape Town in Oranjezicht, the company confirmed on Monday.

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