All football matches in mainland China starting from Thursday will be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak
A vehicle flying a Chinese flag drives past a woman wearing a face mask as she rides a bicycle along a street in Wuhan. Arek Rataj/AP
Several countries, including the US and Japan, have flown hundreds of their citizens out of the city.South African Pieter Viljoen, who traveled with a colleague to Wuhan for a business conference before the city's transport lockdown began, said the authorities in South Africa and its embassy in Beijing have not provided support or information about plans to repatriate them.
"You have only these small supermarkets where you can get food right now because of the complete lockdown. You can't move around from one district to another, so supplies are not readily available," Viljoen told CNN on telephone.South African Jessika Bailing says she feels neglected by her country's government.
DIRCO spokesman Clayson Monyela told CNN that the South African government and its health ministry was working on all requests. However, they must also consider travel and quarantine measures imposed by Chinese authorities to prevent the spread of the virus.
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