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Relatives and friends of patients admitted at Gauteng government hospitals will now spend time with their loved ones.
Patients will now be allowed to have one visitor per day for 15 minutes during allocated times while adhering to COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical measures.
This comes after Cabinet moved the country to Adjusted Alert Level 1, which allows for more relaxed COVID-19 lockdown regulations with infections and hospitalisation slowing down.
"The amendment will permit relatives and friends of patients to spend time with their loved ones whilst adhering to COVID-19 safety measures.
"This will also ensure the promotion of and adherence to occupational health and safety measures, whilst promoting optimum infection prevention and control measures at all Gauteng public healthcare centres," spokesperson, Kwara Kekana
Kekana further urged relatives of patients to get the contact details of the ward where their family members are admitted so they can call whenever possible without having to visit the hospital.
All visitors will be screened for temperature and COVID-19 symptoms. ​