Witbank Police Station closes as policeman tests positive for Covid-19 (Multimedia)
The policeman has been quarantined while colleagues are currently being self-isolated pending screening and testing by the Department of Health.
A massive screening operation took place at Witbank Police Station today after a member tested positive for Covid-19.
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“I can confirm that a constable attached to the National Public Order Police Reserve Unit deployed in eMalahleni has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus,” said national police spokesperson Brig Vishnu Naidoo.
The policeman has been quarantined while colleagues are currently being self-isolated pending screening and testing by the Department of Health.
The policeman was told yesterday that he had tested positive after the South African Police Service Medscheme (POLMED) screened police officers at the police station on Monday, May 11.
Men and women in blue were told to go home and report back to duty tomorrow when they will be tested by the Department of Health.
In the interim the police station is closed and the local Methodist church in Louise Street is being used temporarily as a client service centre while the station is being decontaminated.
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The community is advised to call 10111 for assistance in the meantime.
Dumisnani Malamule, spokesperson for the Department of Health, said he cannot comment as the latest case has not yet been reported to the department.
Once the department has verified the test they will advise whether or not the public should go for screening.
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