Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman said preparations were already under way to set up a Covid-19 testing facility at the venue.
“Providing affordable testing is another essential aspect of the management process,” he said.
The charity, which has made its reputation from its work in disaster areas such as Sudan, Syria and Yemen, already has one Covid-19 testing centre operating at Roshnee in Johannesburg.
Urgent discussions were under way to open more test facilities elsewhere in SA.
Tests cost R750 per person, almost half of what other laboratories are charging.
While there is a possibility that the Dome could become a quarantine centre if coronavirus cases mushroom, it was unlikely that it would be used as a field hospital, Sooliman said.
“It would be better to have tents in the grounds of hospitals,” he said.
Once the crisis was over, Weaving said the Dome would be given “a deep clean” before reopening its doors.
“At the end of the day we are going to go back to business,” she said. “But right now we need a bit of good news.”
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