Question NW946 to the Minister of Health

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04 June 2020 - NW946

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Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

Whether, with regard to providing continued support to repatriated citizens at quarantine sites, his department has mechanisms in place to inform persons who are closely involved in repatriating South African citizens about which quarantine sites the repatriated citizens are or will be accommodated; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply:

The Department of Health is not involved in determining which quarantine facility repatriates would be accommodated at. On receipt of request from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco), the Department of Public Works & Infrastructure (DPWI) selects the quarantine facility from the Master List, in accordance with pre-determined criteria. Port Health from the Department of Health is informed and would guide the repatriates in alignment with the instruction of DPWI to the facility indicated. This is as per the current Protocol document between the relevant government departments.

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