The number of SA citizens wanting to be repatriated from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, has increased by 19 to 151, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday.

This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa last week ordered the evacuation of 132 citizens in Wuhan (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/health/2020-02-27-sa-citizens-to-be-repatriated-from-coronavirus-hit-wuhan/) who want to return to SA. ..

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