The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union is considering ways to improve the health and safety of its members after another police station in the Western Cape has temporarily closed due to positive cases of Covid-19. CapeTimesSA day48oflockdown
Cape Town – The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union is considering ways to improve the health and safety of its members after another police station in the Western Cape has temporarily closed due to positive cases of Covid-19.
“The relocation is to allow the decontamination of the facility in line with Covid-19 protocols. It is also to ensure that service delivery continues,” Potelwa said. “Despite the efforts to ensure personal protective equipment are widely available, we have seen an increase in infections,” Mbolekwa said.
In a joint meeting of parliamentary committees on Friday, Police Minister Bheki Cele said that as many as 253 police officers had tested positive for the coronavirus.He said the Eastern Cape had 13 cases, with 11 in Gauteng and eight in KwaZulu-Natal, while the remaining infections were spread across the other provinces.
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