AngloGold Ashanti said today it has two hospitals it can give to South African authorities, which can used exclusively as part of the frontline COVID-19 effort.
The miner said the facilities can be used to isolate COVID-19 patients.
AngloGold said it has a 270-bed West Vaal facility near Orkney in the North West province. The other is a building closed a number of years ago, but is functional and has 300 beds. The facility was closed as part of a restructuring.
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