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The first of SAA’s three flights to repatriate South Africans from the United States. USA He landed in his homeland.
The flight, which landed Sunday night, was carrying 275 South African citizens, said Department of International Relations and Cooperation spokesman Clayson Monyela.
The remaining two flights would arrive on May 5 and May 9, with 275 passengers each. These follow several flights from Miami, the last of which arrived on Friday and carried 256 South Africans.
Once the last SAA flight landed on May 9, all southern statesmen who requested US repatriation. USA They will be home, Monyela said. All of them would undergo a 14-day quarantine period at a government-selected quarantine site, he added.
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With the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and the blockade imposed by countries around the world, which includes the almost complete cessation of flights, some 4,500 South Africans found themselves stranded abroad, according to a circular published by Dirco on 27 of April.
These included tourists and South Africans working abroad, who were now unemployed. By April 27, more than 2,000 South Africans had been repatriated, with around 11 commercial and charter airline flights taking place that week.
Most of the stranded South Africans in Europe have been evacuated, according to the circular. However, more than 1,100 South Africans remain stranded in Asia, 400 in Australia and more than 350 in other African countries.
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