Durban Magistrate’s Court shut as magistrate 'tests positive' for Covid-19 The court will be shut for most of this week so that the 12-storey building can be sanitised, after reports emerged that a sitting magistrate had contracted Covid-19.
Durban - Durban - The Durban Magistrate’s Court will be shut for most of this week so that the 12-storey building can be sanitised, after reports emerged that a sitting magistrate had contracted Covid-19.
“Members of the public will be informed about alternative venues for certain matters. This despite a suspected case of Covid-19 testing as negative.” That was extended to Wednesday after a meeting on Saturday between the building’s management, department heads and representatives from the company that will undertake the decontamination process.
The source revealed that senior public prosecutors would screen case dockets today to determine who could be released on bail. Shortly after the legal aid attorney tested positive, support staff at the building downed tools and only returned to their workstations once they were handed gloves and hand sanitiser.
Claude Naiker, a national manager at the Public Servants Association, said his union had reliably learnt that there was a Covid-19 case at the building, and about the subsequent developments. He cautioned the department to be upfront if it suspected that any staff had contracted the virus.
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