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The Traffic Department in Maletswai (Aliwal-North) will remain closed until further notice as six employees tested positive for Covid-19.
The offices were closed on Friday after one employee tested positive.
All other employees were instructed to self-quarantine and test for the virus and their results came back positive.
Walter Sisulu Local Municipality urged residents, employees and Councillors who recently visited Maletswai Traffic Department and might have been in contact with these employees to self-quarantine for 10 days and test for the virus.
The employees are currently in self-isolation and the municipality has followed all necessary precautionary measures such as deep cleaning and decontamination of the Traffic Department offices.
All residents needing traffic-related services must go to the Burgersdorp offices.
According to the latest statistics released by the Department of Health on Sunday, there are currently 587 active Covid cases in the Eastern Cape.
Over 10 000 new cases were reported in the country over the weekend.
