Speaking to News24 on Friday, one of the nurses, *Bonani Mthembu, said he works at the ICU unit at the hospital, along with over 20 other colleagues.
In a response to News24, the hospital denied this, and said its management took immediate and comprehensive action to prevent the spread after a "few staff members tested positive for Covid-19 on the same day".
"In consultation with staff members at the hospital, we decided to implement preventative surveillance screening after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19, which is believed to have been community-acquired.
"Based on [the] World Health Organisation's risk grading of exposure, the hospital is in full adherence of Netcare as well as the National Institute for Communicable Diseases [NICD] and the Department of Health guidelines for the testing, quarantine and isolation of all affected staff members," hospital general manager Dr Louis van der Hoven said in the statement.
"We want the hospital's ICU unit closed and cleaned, and nurses to isolate for 14 days, retest, and then not be told it comes from your leave or annual time - it should be the hospital time."
