A group of 76 students repatriated from China two weeks ago have been reunited with their families. They’ve been in quarantine since returning to South Africa. None of them tested positive for COVID-19. It’s been more than a year of not seeing her loved ones face to face.
The relief is visible on Zaba Mbatha’s face. I have been longing for this day I don’t know from when I have been wanting to get home I am so excited,” Mbatha said. Mbatha left for China in April last year to pursue her studies.
“It was like depressing a lot because we had to stay home and we could not go outside we had to isolate ourselves from the Chinese because we were not supposed to be in a group we had to stay in our dormitories we had to stay there and they would deliver food for us in our rooms,” she said. She endured 51 days in lockdown before returning to South Africa. Mbata and her fellow students have been urged to help spread the message – that adhering to the regulations will help in the fight to flatten the curve.
The students have now been released from quarantine, but they move to a different kind of isolation, as the country remains under lockdown. Coronavirus Hotline Number: 0800 029 999 from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday to Friday. Help protect your loved ones by sharing this official South African government COVID-19 service with your family, friends and community.
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In other news – KZN newlyweds arrested for breaching Covid-19 regulations
A KwaZulu-Natal bridal couple will spend their first few hours as husband and wife behind bars after being arrested at their wedding on Sunday.
Members of the police and defence force gatecrashed a wedding in Nseleni, northern KZN, arresting the bridal couple, the pastor and more than 50 of their wedding guests.
Senior police sources in the area told TimesLIVE that the arrests were made after police received a tip-off of a wedding taking place in the area, that contravened the lockdown regulations pertaining to the amount of people allowed at a gathering. Read more
Source: eNCA