Local SAPS Commander tests positive

Writer: De Waal Steyn.

I am staying positive despite the fact that I tested positive,” said Col. Luthando Nosilela, Station Commander of Hermanus SAPS, after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.

“I want to be an example to those who think that this virus is a joke, or just something that other people contract. It is neither. I have not travelled recently; I have never been overseas, and I did not attend church. I contracted the virus while doing my job. The virus is out there and everyone who does not adhere to the lockdown rules increases their risk of contracting COVID-19.”

An upbeat Nosilela said in a telephone interview on Monday that he started feeling feverish on Thursday evening, 9 April. “On Friday I visited the pharmacy for medicine, and they suggested that I go for a test, which I subsequently did. I was tested on Saturday and on Sunday I was informed that I had tested positive.”

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