The Witbank Police Station at Emalahleni in Mpumalanga has been closed. This comes after a national public order police officer from the station tested positive for COVID-19.
National Police Spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo says a local church is temporarily being used as a police station.
“The Witbank Station had to be evacuated, the positive member together with close colleagues have been placed in self-isolation pending screening and testing by the Department of Health. The Witbank station is temporarily closed and the local Methodist Church is used as a reporting facility at the moment. So communities are encouraged to go to that church should they need police assistance while the station is being decontaminated.”
Inanda Police Station re-opens
The Inanda Police station was temporarily closed down when an officer tested positive for COVID-19.
The Station-re-opened on Thursday.
According to a statement by police, the infected officer is in hospital. A further 140 members from the Inanda Police Station have also been tested for COVID-19.
Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union Spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo reacts after more police stations close temporarily for decontamination after officers test positive for COVID-19:
Police officers die from COVID-19
Two police officers from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal have succumbed to the coronavirus pandemic this week.
A captain who has had 29 years of police service died this week.
A 55-year-old warrant officer passed away from the same virus in KwaZulu-Natal.
National Commissioner General Khehla Sitole says that the good health, safety and well-being of their members remains a responsibility the management does not take lightly.
Below is the latest COVID- 19 stats in correctional centers:
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