Covid-19: As SA returnees start their 21-day quarantine, army personnel make their presence felt
Military health personnel, covered in protective medical gear, were ready and waiting when the SAA flight that went to China to rescue South Africans, trapped there as a result of the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus, landed at Polokwane International Airport yesterday morning.
It took almost an hour for the bus – which had its seats covered with plastic and taped around with silo tape – to emerge from where the plane was parked. The Ranch resort has been declared a no-go area for citizens since the military was deployed to guard the venue where the returnees will be kept. Already on Thursday, some of The Ranch’s staff members were allowed to leave the facility for the stipulated 21 days that it falls under the army’s control.
He said government’s focus was to make sure that South Africans longing to return home – amid global fear and panic sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic – returned safely and were quarantined.
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