A courier truck transporting test samples for the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) was hijacked in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape premier.
Oscar Mabuyane confirmed it using his weekly media briefing on Tuesday to condemn the criminal activity that happened on Monday, 20th of July.
“Yesterday we received reports that a courier vehicle transporting Covid-19 specimens for the NHLS was hijacked in Port Elizabeth and criminals who did this took a white container with the specimens,” he said. “We condemn this act of criminality, which puts the lives of people at risk.”
He has appealed to the general public that anyone who finds a white cooler box must report to the police.
Although, the police have not been able to confirm the latest incident at the time of writing but, this is not the first time there will be issues with the Covid-19 kits. In June, hundreds of kits labeled as urgent were found dumped by the roadside in the Eastern Cape.
