The Avenues Clinic in Harare has issued new admission regulations following a spike in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the country.
Zimbabwe has as of the 1st of July 2020 recorded 605 coronavirus cases.
In a memorandum addressed “all specialists, casualty officers and patrons,” the clinic said all patients coming for planned admissions must be tested for the Coronavirus using the PCR testing method while Emergency patients must be tested using Rapid Diagnostic testing.
We present the memo in full below.
SUBJECT ADMISSION OF PATIENTS TO THE AVENUES CLINIC
In view of the significant increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-1B in the country, Management has decided that all elective admissions to The Avenues Clinic should have a negative PCR COVID•19 test.
Emergency cases should have at least an RDT done. This will minimize the exposure of both Health care workers and patients to infection.
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