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Members of the Joint Operational Committee of the South African Police Service in Tshwane are in self-isolation after a member tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, police spokesman Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo told News24.
Naidoo, however, said that those who were self-isolated “were not the whole of Tshwane’s management.” This occurs after News24 received a notice that the entire unit was isolated.
The members of the committee must remain isolated until May 13.
“If they give negative, they will return to work on the 14ththNaidoo added.
News24 reported Wednesday that the city of Tshwane had closed part of its Disaster Operations Center, which was created to bolster its response to the Covid-19 outbreak, after a police officer stationed there tested positive for the virus.
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Tshwane chief administrator Mpho Nawa said the police officer was examined after being admitted for scheduled treatment, unrelated to Covid-19.
“She tested positive after being examined during routine preadmission. She may have been asymptomatic,” Nawa added in a previous report.
READ: Covid-19: Muizenberg Police Station in Cape Town closed after staff tests tested positive
In an unrelated case, News24 reported Friday that the Muizenberg police station in Cape Town had been closed due to a staff member testing positive for Covid-19.
Police spokesman Brigadier General Novela Potelwa previously told News24 that the police station was being decontaminated on Friday after the case.
In addition, News24 reported on Sunday, May 3, that three police station buildings had to be closed for Covid-19 for decontamination in the Western Cape.
READ: Coronavirus: Three Western Cape police stations closed for decontamination of Covid-19
As of Saturday, May 9, 2020, South Africa had 9,420 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with eight new deaths reported, for a total of 186 deaths.
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