The Gauteng Department of Health has partnered with Rebosis Property Fund and Faith Care Medicals to set up Covid-19 testing stations at malls owned by the company in the Pretoria area.
On Tuesday, the first mall-based testing station in Gauteng was officially opened by Health MEC Bandile Masuku, the CEO of Rebosis Sisa Ngebulana and the founder of Faith Care Medicals Faith Mabuza at Forest Hill City shopping centre in Centurion.
"This partnership will benefit various communities in Pretoria and surrounding areas, especially those that have been identified as Covid-19 hotspots and are also densely populated, thus posing a health risk," the department said in a statement.
According to the department, the testing stations will be rolled out in phases at the demarcated areas outside malls owned by Rebosis, where phase two of the project will see the opening of a testing station at Bloedstreet Mall in the Pretoria CBD.
The MEC also called on other mall owners and businesses to come on board to ensure the project was implemented throughout the province, so that as many people as possible are able to access testing stations and are given the necessary care if found to be positive.
