News24 reports that police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo advised on Saturday that members of the SA Police Service's Joint Operational Committee in Tshwane was in self-isolation after one member tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
However, Naidoo added that those under self-isolation were "not the whole of Tshwane management". Earlier reports suggested that the entire unit was in isolation. Members of the committee will have to self-isolate until 13 May and should they test negative they will return to work on 14 May. Meantime, it was reported on Wednesday that the City of Tshwane had closed part of its Disaster Operations Centre, which was set up to bolster its response to the Covid-19 outbreak, after a police officer stationed there tested positive for the virus. In an unrelated case, it was reported on Friday that the Muizenberg police station on Cape Town had been temporarily closed due to a staff member testing positive for Covid-19. The police station was undergoing decontamination on Friday.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Canny Maphanga at News24
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