Taxi driver who continued work after positive Covid-19 test faces attempted murder charge

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The office of Western Cape police commissioner Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata said on Friday that the taxi driver had been caught in Beaufort West.

A taxi driver who allegedly knew he tested positive for Covid-19 but did not tell his passengers and kept on driving is to be formally charged with attempted murder.

“[He] was stopped in a vehicle checkpoint on the R61 in Beaufort West yesterday, ferrying about seven passengers. The driver, seven passengers and three other persons in an accompanying vehicle were transported by police and traffic officials back to Cape Town where they are in a quarantine site.

 

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