Saps confident policing won’t be affected by COVID-19 infections at stations

CAPE TOWN – The police service said policing won't be affected where stations have to be shut due to coronavirus infections.

“Of the total number in the country the Western Cape accounts for 70% - 75% of the number. It is worrying, so much so that national management made a trip to the Western Cape to make sure that all the measures that were designed are indeed being put into place.”This comes as no surprise, as the province is the epicentre of the coronavirus in the country, accounting for about 62% of all cases.

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