Covid19InSA: Confusion, heartbreak at Cape Town International as coronavirus strands travellers
"Chaotic scenes at Cape Town International Airport where scores of passengers are trying to leave. Long queues, stressed out passengers, overworked airline staff. Some airlines have cancelled flights to various destinations resulting in a mad scramble for passengers to try and get alternate flights out of South Africa."
The travel ban, set out by Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula in the International Air Services Regulations 2020, came into effect on Wednesday, March 18, has resulted in the cancellation of a number of international flights and set restrictions on who is allowed to enter and exit the country. "My wife and I reside in Turkey. We've been so worried about returning to Istanbul. We were meant to enjoy another week of honeymoon in the Cape and then go back to Turkey on the 26th of March. But we'd become increasingly unsettled the last two weeks as the worldwide coronavirus death toll increased, so decided to move our flights up to this Friday.
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