The department, in particular the defence force, is part of a multidisciplinary team involving the departments of health and international relations.
“All South African citizens from Wuhan City who wish to be repatriated will be accommodated and brought back in a chartered aircraft under strict quarantine protocols that will be enforced,” said Mkhize.
“A port of entry has been prepared for the receipt of South African nationals, flight crew and medical team. “The very nature of the quarantine exercise is to isolate a group of Covid-negative people who have been exposed to a high-risk environment, remove them from that high-risk environment and then allow the determined incubation period to lapse before being integrated into ... society. Human contact and mixing of groups will be limited in the entire process,” said Mkhize.
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