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South African hospital thinks outside the box to boost COVID-19 testing

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In South Africa’s Wesfleur Hospital — a 50-bed public facility in the Western Cape, 25 miles north of Cape Town — staff are refashioning security booths into makeshift COVID-19 testing centers.

Front windows are replaced with plexiglass, and two holes are made in the plastic to fit the arms of health workers performing nasal swabs.Think of a kiosk — with arms.COVID testing booth in Atlantis, South Africa“With COVID-19 being relatively unknown, staff were scared to do the swabbing of patients.

Even with PPE [personal protective equipment], the fear remained,” said Dr. Earl Meyer, manager of medical services at the hospital. “Now, staff who were initially fearful are the ones conducting the most swabs.”Previously the country’s COVID-19

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