Faizel Patel – 11/06/2020
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The Gauteng Health Department has confirmed that two officials in the Office of Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku have tested positive for COVID-19.
In a statement, the department says Kwara Kekana and Julius Maputla who tested positive for the Coronavirus are part of the officials who frequent the Provincial Disaster Management Centre.
It says the Office of the MEC has a public duty to declare positive cases as part of the drive to fight against stigma and ignorance surrounding COVID-19, as well as to promote transparency.
The department says Kekana and Mputla have consented to the public declaration of their respective results and status.
“As part of established protocol, the two employees are currently in self-isolation at their respective homes for the prescribed period. Both the Gauteng Health provincial Central Office and the Disaster Management Centre have been disinfected and soon after, declared fit for operation.”
The department says Masuku who has been tested five times for COVID-19 including other officials in his office remain negative in terms of confirmed test results.
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