Head of the provincial Department of Health Dr Keith Cloete said additional COVID-19 testing and triage centres would also be set up across the province ahead of the anticipated rise in the number of cases.
The Western Cape Health Department said that the booths were designed to ensure zero exposure between the patient and the tester.
The municipality has recorded 100 cases in a matter of days and it’s the town with the highest cases outside of Cape Town.
At the peak of the COVID-19 crisis, the provincial health department predicts 80,000 people will have the virus but the vast majority of those cases will be able to stay home and recover.
Health authorities are paying particular attention to vulnerable areas where high levels of poverty and high-density living make for the perfect environment for the virus to spread.
The province's head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that it was a big challenge to ensure the contacts of COVID-19 patients also self-isolated and kept away from their families.
The Western Cape Health Department said that there was currently enough personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff and also added that they'd received small and big donations.
The Western Cape Health Department said that the strict measures followed by healthcare workers checking on self-isolating patients involved daily monitoring and repeat testing every two to three days.
The Western Cape Health Department said that it was working on the philosophy of when, not if, a coronavirus case was detected.
The Western Cape Health Department said that 26 EMS-related incidents were reported in 2019.
This year there were more than 20 attacks on paramedics in the province, which was down compared to the 61 incidents recorded last year.
Space at these facilities has become an issue since there are more than 490 unidentified bodies being stored in mortuary freezers in the province.
The hospital serves a population of 550,000 people from the broader Mitchell’s Plain and Philippi area.
The statistics, provided by Premier Alan Winde, were sourced from the forensic services unit within the Western Cape Department of Health.
Some Sol Plaatje municipal staff members have approached their unions claiming as much as R1,200 was deducted from their salaries on at least two occasions.
Emergency medical services transported over 30,000 emergency cases to hospitals between December and January, of which 23% related to violent trauma, physical violence, and accidental injury.
Services to be added to the facility include an emergency treatment unit, ambulance bay, infectious disease unit and medical waste and refuse facilities.
The matter has been reported to police and an attempted robbery case was opened.
