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"Bring our children back home" – SA goes for citizens stuck in China

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

South Africa has joined a list of countries evacuating its citizens from Wuhan, China – the coronavirus epicentre – even as Kenya sits tight on the matter.

The Uhuru Kenyatta-led government announced in February that they will not evacuate at least 91 Kenyan students from Wuhan where the diseases is believed to have originated.

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