A taxi driver who tested positive for Covid-19 is facing attempted murder charges and is now in a quarantine site in Cape Town after he was stopped in a vehicle checkpoint on the R61 in Beaufort West. | Day43ofLockdown
Cape Town - A taxi driver who tested positive for Covid-19 is facing attempted murder charges and is now in a quarantine site in Cape Town after he was stopped in a vehicle checkpoint on the R61 in Beaufort West. Western Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said the driver had been informed of his positive results two days ago.
"Yet, he allegedly proceeded with the trip on Thursday and was apprehended on the R61 road near Beaufort West enroute to the Eastern Cape," said Potelwa.
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