Mpumalanga’s Covid-19 command centre has been shut down after one of the officials tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Regular participants in the centre include Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, director-general Sindi Xulu and provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Mondli Zuma. people must not be scared to test when they present symptoms or have been in contact with someone infected.City Press was reliably told that the infected official worked in one of the law enforcement agencies.Mtshweni-Tsipane’s spokesperson, Sibongile Mkani-Mpolweni, said that all officials who attended meetings at the provincial disaster management centre in Mbombela were tested immediately and have been ordered to self-isolate pending their results.
She added that tracing of all people that came into contact with the affected official had been done and testing was underway.
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