SA’s Netcare wellprepared for coronavirus outbreak

SOUTH AFRICA’S

largest hotel group is prepared for a coronavirus outbreak, putting forward a series of preventative measures. Netcare formed a multi-disciplinary taskforce as soon as the first COVID-19 cases were announced in China to ensure full preparedness.

“We have closely cooperated with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the Department of Health (DoH) on an ongoing basis, and have aligned our clinical protocols for managing COVID-19 patients with their clinical guidelines. We have also implemented comprehensive measures to detect, identify and respond appropriately to any suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 at any of our group’s facilities,” said Richard Friedland, Netcare’s CEO.

Measures include daily COVID-19 screening of staff, UV light disinfecting robots, restricting visiting times and the number of visitors, and gazebos at entrances to screen patients.