I just finished an interview with some quarantinees-Esigodini,
Clever thing to do would be to sit down and write an article about it & send it to my editor but hey,
I am trash,
So I’ll just tell you all about it immediately!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦🏽‍♀️" title="Woman facepalming (medium skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman facepalming (medium skin tone)">
Anyway good news is the food is great!
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They get 3 meals a day,
6 slices of bread in the morning with peanut butter & Jam,
They used to get sausage & eggs but supplier ran out,
Lunch and dinner they get chicken, beef, a salad and rice or isitshwala,
They also get Mazoe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💃🏽" title="Woman dancing (medium skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman dancing (medium skin tone)">
So food wise they are happy!
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The living conditions are ok they said,
There are different groups quarantined there in different sections,
Some of them are ex prisoners,
Apparently “well behaved & a pleasure to live with”https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😳" title="Flushed face" aria-label="Emoji: Flushed face">
The bathrooms are clean,
Water & getsi wayawaya,
Bathi conditions are ok.
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So news is they received 2 quarantinees from nearby villages,
They had snuck into the country from egoli straight home but villagers were like hell no!
Off to quarantine you go!
One quarantinee escapedhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦🏽‍♀️" title="Woman facepalming (medium skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman facepalming (medium skin tone)">
But was found & they were told he’s getting 5 years in jailhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏾‍♀️" title="Woman shrugging (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging (medium dark skin tone)">
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They said they were tested when they arrived but not for covid 19 for viruses in general,
On the 14th day they were supposed to get tested for covid but unfortunately,
They’ve been told the country has run out of test kits,
So some are now on day 17 but no kitshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦🏽‍♀️" title="Woman facepalming (medium skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman facepalming (medium skin tone)">
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Yesterday,
The group whose testing is overdue got agitated and police had to be called in but all was talked over,
Authorities promised they would do their best to test them ASAP,
Tensions are rising as people want to go home but can’t leave without getting testedhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦🏽‍♀️" title="Woman facepalming (medium skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman facepalming (medium skin tone)">
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Now this is worrying, @MoHCCZim,
Has the country run out of test kits?
If so what’s the plan?
What will happen to returnees who are due to be released but haven’t been tested?
Will you let them go or will you keep them indefinitely?
Will the Byo lab open again?
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They also mentioned the issue of protectionhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimacing face" aria-label="Emoji: Grimacing face">
But I don’t want to sound gossipy so I’m not going to share the allegations about certain groups being more active than others blah blah blah,
So I’ll just say please @MoHCCZim they urgently need more condoms out therehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙈" title="See-no-evil monkey" aria-label="Emoji: See-no-evil monkey">
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