The need to keep social distancing, wearing of masks and sanitizing hands is the new way of conducting business in an attempt to curb the spread of Coronavirus. This is according to the public health guidelines which have introduced a widespread shift in rules and behaviour for both consumers

Today is ‘World International Nurses Day’ and it is befitting for all to salute all nurses for being in the front line of our healthcare. World International Nurses Day is celebrated every year on 12 May in honour of Florence Nightingale – a trail blazer in the nursing profession. This year’s theme coincides with the […]

The Duduza clinic is up and running after a nurse tested positive to covid-19 earlier this month. Executive Mayor Masina visited and inspected the mobile clinics in Duduza on 2 April 2020. The nurse in question had attended the prayer breakfast at the Divine Restoration Ministries in Ribblesdale, Bloemfontein, on 10 March 2020. The nurse […]

The City’s Primary Health Care Facilities will NOT BE OPEN on Workers’ Day on Friday, 1 May, and those rendering Saturday extended hours services will also be closed on Saturday, 2 May. Should you need MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, please use the Community Health Care (CHC) centres and hospitals as they are open 24/7.  Region Facilities that […]

Mass screening and testing are ongoing across the City in the fight against COVID-19. The City has, by 8 April, visited 19 areas with over 600 people screened and tested in Barcelona alone in one day. Healthcare teams run door-to-door screening, COVID-19 testing as well as distribute information pamphlets in an educational drive. All residents […]

During the COVID-19 epidemic, a number of medical centres have been identified as testing sites for the Ekurhuleni region.   Patients will be screened on arrival, and tested only if they meet the test criteria. The testing sites are open between 08h00 and 16h00. SITE ADDRESS CONTACT NO   EASTERN REGION Northmead Clinic Aster Street, […]

On 1 April 2020, the City of Ekurhuleni closed the Duduza Clinic indefinitely after a nurse has tested positive for COVID-19. The facility and the surrounding area will be sanitised during the period of closure to kill any traces of the COVID-19 virus that may have survived on surfaces. The nurse in question had attended […]

The City urges residents to wear gloves, wash their hands, and disinfect their bins to curb the spread of the Corona virus. Waste collectors handle many bins on a daily basis. The gloves they wear are for personal protection, and are therefore not regularly changed.  Should one bin be contaminated, other bins handled thereafter may […]

The Gauteng Department of Health has noted with concern that community members continue to visit in numbers at public hospitals to see their loved ones despite the lockdown period announced by the President last week. We wish to inform the public that visiting times as of Thursday, 26 March 2020, have been cancelled at all […]

Executive Mayor Mzwandile Masina has outlined a list of containment and mitigation measures to decrease the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement comes off the back of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of National State of Disaster on Sunday, 15 March 2020. Following extensive consultation with the City’s senior managers and in line with the […]