In a sleepy rural area in South Africa's northern Limpopo province, a military operation is underway preparing to quarantine dozens of citizens being evacuated from China's Wuhan province, the epic...
Medical staff assist a patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus leaving from Wuhan No.3 Hospital to travel to Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 4, 2020. - China on March 4 reported 38 more deaths from the new coronavirus but a fall in fresh cases for a third consecutive day. / China OUT
The government has given assurances that none of them is infected and the quarantine in a local resort hotel is a precaution. But already panic is emerging in the region that will host them. On Twitter, hashtag #LimpopoIsNotADumpingSite trended before the arrival of the aircraft from Wuhan, expected at the weekend.
They will only be released after they get a clean bill of health at the end of the mandatory quarantine.
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