MPs on Friday conducted an oversight visit at the airport, and reported being impressed with the measures.
The OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa’s busiest airport, is screening travellers for the deadly coronavirus.
South Africa confirmed its first case of the coronavirus on Thursday – a man in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, is in quarantine. He arrived from Italy in early March via Dubai. Dhlomo said he was confident officials would not miss any passenger showing symptoms, adding passengers arriving back in the country, who were asymptomatic, would likely make it through the screening process.
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