Pikitup closes Norwood depot after workers display Covid-19 symptoms
Pikitup has closed its Norwood depot after two employees displayed Covid-19 symptoms during the company’s screening procedure.
The two employees have been tested and are awaiting their test results while in self-isolation.
MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services Department Mpho Moerane says it has since emerged that two family members of one of the affected employees were Covid-19 positive.
The depot will be closed for 14 days as a precautionary measure.
"Employees at the depot have also been placed on self-quarantine for the same period. In the interim, augmented services will be deployed to ensure that the Pikitup services continue in areas serviced by the depot," says Moerane.
"The Norwood depot will be disinfected as part of the ongoing cleaning process.”