DCS committed to well-being of staff as first COVID-19 case is recorded

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The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed that an official stationed at East London Correctional Centre, Eastern Cape Region, has tested positive for COVID-19.  As part of our precautionary measures, officials who came into contact with her have been identified and asked to isolate at home whilst awaiting for testing.

The National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD) will commence with mass screening and testing on Wednesday, 8 April 2020 at East London Female Correctional Centre.

Prevention measures will continue to be intensified, whilst mass screening scheduled for all correctional centres shall assist the Department in its efforts of averting the transmission of the virus. Correctional Services would like to appeal for calm during this period. We are committed to the wellbeing of offenders and officials in the department.

On behalf of management and staff, the National Commissioner, Mr Arthur Fraser has conveyed well wishes to our colleague who is in a stable condition in hospital. Commissioner Fraser has called on all of us to lend support to our colleague as she continues to recuperate in hospital.

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