Premier Mokgoro to meet with the Minerals Council in Bojanala, visit Hotspots and officially open Field Hospital
North West Premier Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro, and the MEC for Health Madoda Sambatha will tomorrow meet with the Minerals Council to discuss on how to work together to curb the rapid increase of COVID-19 infections in the North West Province, specifically in the mining sector and areas in which there are mining activities.
Thereafter, the Premier and the MEC for Health as well as other Members of the Executive Council, District Mayors, MMCs for Health and other key role players will come together to officially open a 200-bed field hospital.
The field hospital was built amid increasing cases of the coronavirus in the Province particularly in the Rustenburg Sub-District. Rustenburg alone has more than 50% of the 3931 confirmed coronavirus cases in the Province.
The Premier will also visit hotspots in the area to assess the measures that are in place for prevention and encourage responsible social behavior.
The proceedings of the day will unfold as follows:
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH THE MINERALS COUNCIL
Date: Wednesday, 01 July 2020
Time: 10h00 – 12h00
Venue: Royal Marang Hotel, Phokeng, Rustenburg
IMPALA AND NORTH WEST PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY TESTING INITIATIVE
Date: Wednesday, 01 July 2020
Time: 12h00 – 13h30
Venue: Impala Quarantine and Isolation Facility – Impala Hospital
OFFICIAL OPENING OF FIELD HOSPITAL/ ROYAL BAFOKENG FIELD HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP WITH NWDOH
Date: Wednesday, 01 July 2020
Time: 14h00 – 16h00
Venue: Maseve Mine
Members of the media and health reporters are invited to this key programme.
For more information, contact:
Vuyisile Ngesi
Spokesperson - Office of the Premier
061 056 3623
vngesi@nwpg.gov.za
Tebogo Lekgethwane
Departmental Spokesperson
082 929 9958
tlekgethwane@nwpg.gov.za
