“The aircraft with the capacity to bring back the citizens in Wuhan has been secured.”
Most are students, teachers and other professionals working in the city, according to a government statement.“The aircraft with the capacity to bring back the citizens in Wuhan has been secured,” the government said.“They will be working with the Chinese authorities to screen the group of South Africans before they depart the epicentre of Wuhan.
Negotiations with a number of service providers to serve as a quarantine area have not yet been concluded, said the government. Government said it had “received some disturbing reports, of some of the potential service providers being intimidated”.Without naming any quarantine sites under consideration, government said: “At this stage the technical team is working hard to finalise this critical area of work and there is no specific venue that has been confirmed. We can however reassure that this work will be concluded in the not-so-distant future.
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