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TimesLIVE reports that the acting commander of Middelburg police station in the Eastern Cape, Captain Andrew Leslie, was felled by Covid-19 on Monday evening.
He had been struggling with a fever, cough and a sore throat, but could still walk when his wife, Colette, persuaded him to go to hospital. Just hours after being admitted to Wilhelm Stahl Hospital, a doctor told his wife that he had passed away. “My husband was very active in his role at the police and served the community. With the Covid-19 outbreak, he tried his utmost to keep everyone safe,” Colette said on Wednesday. It is still unclear where Leslie contracted the virus. Fellow police officers have been temporarily relocated and will undergo their own tests. Leslie's former colleague and friend, Jacques Frazenburg, remarked about Andrew: “We always helped each other. He was extremely focused and always put his family first. His wife and children were his everything. Andrew's work was his pride and joy and he was a very neat person.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at TimesLIVE
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