Families and other visitors will not be allowed to visit during the 21-day quarantine period, said health minister Zweli Mkhize.
When the quarantine period is over and the citizens have tested negative to the coronavirus, they will receive final counselling and be granted leave to evacuate the area.
He stressed that the South Africans coming back from China had tested negative. “The people we are bringing back have tested negative. We are taking precautionary measures. They are not infected.” If any did test positive, the citizens would be sent to a designated hospital, Mkhize said.So far, no-one inside SA has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Mkhize said as at February 26, 121 people had been tested for coronavirus and all the results were negative. Two South Africans on board a cruise ship in Japan have tested positive, and are receiving treatment there.cabinet has decided on this course of action after due consideration of the circumstances, and after several requests from the families of South Africans in the city”.
“These compatriots are now living under lockdown conditions after the outbreak of the coronavirus. None of the affected individuals has been diagnosed with the virus nor have they exhibited any symptoms thereof. Upon arrival in SA, they will be placed in quarantine for 21 days as an additional precautionary measure.”he departments of health and defence would deploy health care personnel and supporting staff to provide assistance during the repatriation and quarantine processes.
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