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The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will on Friday conduct a site inspection of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital to assess its readiness to admit patients again.
This comes a day after the Gauteng government announced that sections of the hospital would re-open immediately.
The facility was gutted by fire in April – forcing a total shutdown.
Its reopening will boost the bed capacity in a province that remains the worst affected by the third wave of COVID-19 infections.
In the latest data, Gauteng recorded 9 521 new daily cases. That’s around 60% of all cases reported nationally.
On Wednesday it set a new daily record of close to 11 000 new infections.
