The article “Durbanites delighted to be coming home,” The Mercury Tuesday, March 3 2020 refers.

It is heart-warming that South Africans in China are being repatriated by our government and the respective government departments are actively involved in the process.

Further, the government’s seriousness in attending to all cautionary exercises in terms of screening, tests, quarantine, etc. must be commended.

With more than 60 countries having reported confirmed coronavirus cases and many health workers succumbing, it is ominous that every country could be affected.

All are advised to take necessary precautions to keep the Covid-19 at bay by following the guidelines of the World Health Organization.

Darul Ihsan Media Desk