Mining industry well prepared to tackle Covid-19 with new, existing protocols

The South African mining industry is, generally, well prepared to deal with the return to work of a large percentage of staff as lockdown Alert Levels move from Level 4 to Level 3 on June 1, reports the Minerals Council South Africa.

The council noted in its second weekly Covid-19 update briefing on May 29 that, historically, it has sound medical quarantining, screening, testing and treating infrastructure which has been used to combat tuberculosis (TB), HIV and AIDS, all of which have been legacy, prevalent issues within the industry.