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Directions issued by health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize allow for South Africans arriving back in SA to self-quarantine.Image: 123RF/ADZIC NATASA
SELF QUARANTINE

Expatriates now allowed to self-isolate on return from abroad, says NGO

AfriForum says it welcomes regulations that have been published in the Government Gazette which stipulate that people returning to SA from abroad may self-isolate for a fixed period. The organisation says this means its struggle of four…

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The EFF has called for all those infected with the coronavirus to be state quarantined, and suggested Robben Island as a possible location for this.Image: EFF via Twitter
CORONAVIRUS INFECTED PEOPLE

EFF slams ‘self-quarantine’, calls for Covid-19 cases to be isolated on Robben Island

The EFF has slammed the government for allowing coronavirus-infected people in SA to self-quarantine. On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that 61 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed in the country. TimesLIVE reported…

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