A Durban woman who was arrested for fraud at King Shaka International Airport and thereafter 'joked' she had coronavirus has been released on R5 000 bail and ordered to remain in isolation. PostKZN
Durban - A Durban woman who was arrested for fraud at King Shaka International Airport and thereafter 'joked' she had coronavirus has been released on R5 000 bail and ordered to remain in isolation.
The 55-year-old Umhlanga woman was returning from India when police nabbed her shortly after landing. National police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo the woman was arrested on a fraud warrant for an unrelated matter that was opened in Sandton SAPS. On Monday, the woman whose name is known to IOL, appeared in the Verulam Magistrate's Court and was released on R5 000 bail.
According to NPA spokesperson Natasha Kara-Ramkissoon the woman claimed on arrest she had Covid-19 and as part of her bail conditions the court ordered that she remain in isolation.National Department of Health spokesperson Popo Maja confirmed that the woman claimed she had coronavirus and then later said she was joking. "She said she just wanted to scare. The reason we did not test her, is because she not meet the case definition. She did not have high temperatures.
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