Government seeking accommodation facilities for Wuhan repatriates quarantine
Mkhize reiterated that none of them has been diagnosed with the virus or exhibited any symptoms. They will, however, be quarantined for 21 days after their arrival.He has assured the public that the quarantine facility will have very strict military security parameters.
The South Africans are expected to be evacuated next week in an operation that will involve the South African Defence Force , the Department of International Relations and Chinese authorities.to the quarantined zone where South Africans who will be evacuated from China will be accommodated. He says 151 South Africans out of 201 living in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus have indicated their intention to return home.
Meanwhile, residents of Thaba Nchu in the Free State have mixed reactions following rumours that their town has been identified as a possible coronavirus quarantine site for the 184 South Africans who will be repatriated from China later this month.
“I think it is appropriate for the Thaba Nchu residents to come here and reside wherever they are going to camp because after all they belong here, and they are South Africans. So, why do we have to like abandon them and make them feel like they are outsiders and everything? I feel like they should come here and reside somewhere. They should be kept and be cured, I think so,” says another.The graphic below gives simple steps to take in order to reduce the risk of infection.
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