{"id":1178393,"date":"2020-04-15T17:11:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1020586"},"modified":"2020-04-15T17:11:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:11:36","slug":"barrick-gets-800000-test-kits-to-screen-workers-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1178393","title":{"rendered":"Barrick gets 800,000 test kits to screen workers for covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barrick has&nbsp;bought over 800,000 antibody testing kits&nbsp;to screen workers and the communities around its mines for covid-19, the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Financial Times (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/\" >Financial Times reported<\/a> Wednesday. <\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got 300,000 kits on the way. We\u2019ve got about 150,000 in the country already and another 400,000 that we have just finalized [buying],\u201d Bristow told the Financial Times in an interview&nbsp;from Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p> Barrick&#8217;s CEO said that tests had helped shield company&#8217;s operations and host communities from the virus<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Barrick&#8217;s CEO said that tests had helped shield company&#8217;s operations and host communities from the virus. <\/p>\n<p>The test kit includes a finger prick blood test, used to detect if a person\u2019s immune system has covid-19 or has recovered from it, Bristow said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ve had some very good success\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009where we have screened and stopped the person coming into the [mine] gate,\u201d he told the Financial Times.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The test kit includes a finger prick blood test, used to detect if a person\u2019s immune system has covid-19 or has recovered from it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Barrick also said emergency <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"response plans (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/barrick-puts-emergency-covid-19-response-plans-in-place\/\" >response plans<\/a> for dealing with the pandemic have been stepped up at all its sites and offices across the world. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March, the world\u2019s second-largest gold miner&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/barrick-boosts-inventory-of-key-commodities-due-to-coronavirus\/\" >said it was increasing its inventory<\/a>&nbsp;of \u201ckey commodities\u201d to above normal levels in response to the global spread of covid-19. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to underplay the severity and unprecedented situation that we are dealing with but we have been through two Ebola pandemics\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009so we had the protocols and rolled them out,\u201d he told the Financial Times. <\/p>\n<p>Bristow said the company had already started to see a drop in absenteeism because of the general improvement in hygiene across the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Bristow said Barrick\u2019s overall operations had suffered minimal disruption because of the virus and production was in line with its full-year guidance of 4.8m-5.2m ounces of gold.&nbsp; 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