Jabulani police station detectives in Soweto were advised to stay at home for 14 days after one of their members tested positive for Covid-19.
According to a member who refused to be named, they were also instructed to return state vehicles for 24 hours so they could be sanitised.
National Police spokesman Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo confirmed that an officer at Jabulani police station has tested positive for Covid-19.
Naidoo explained that the member was on leave from April 23 and Monday this week he went to a clinic after experiencing a headache.
"They took his blood and he was told to go back home. Yesterday they called him and told him that his results are positive.
“The members at the station were not affected," said Brigadier Naidoo.