Coronavirus Outbreak: SA Government Sets Up Emergency Operations Centre

Riyaz Patel

Government has enlisted South Africa’s military health unit to help with screenings at ports of entry, as the World Health Organisation declared the Coronavirus outbreak a global public health emergency. 

It also announced Friday that it has set up an emergency operations centre to monitor and manage for any suspected cases in the country.

In addition, the Health Department announced a list of hospitals as centres for isolation and treatment of people infected with the Coronavirus:

• Polokwane Hospital in Limpopo
• Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mpumalanga
• Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, Steve Biko Hospital and Tembisa Hospitals in Gauteng
• Grace Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
• Klerksdorp Hospital in the North West
• Kimberly Hospital in the Northern Cape
• Pelonomi Hospital in the Free State
• Livingstone Hospital in the Eastern Cape
• Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape

No South African has yet been suspected of contracting the virus, but two South Africans have been quarantined