This comes as South Africa reported its third case of the novel coronavirus on Sunday.
Rawlins paints a haunting picture of streets devoid of activity, lined with empty cabs and shops.
She said a lack of resources has convinced her to return home, though she is sad to leave her Ukrainian fiancé. All three are from a 10-person group, nine of whom recently returned from Italy. At the time of publishing it was still unclear when South African citizens in Wuhan would be evacuated.
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