SA turns truckers away over Ebola

South African immigration officers at Beitbridge Border Post are reportedly turning away truck drivers plying the Democratic Republic of Congo route where two confirmed cases of Ebola have been reported.

It is understood that last Thursday the drivers, mainly Zimbabwean, Congolese, Malawian and Zambian, were told to go back to the Zimbabwean side of the border for screening.

The South Africans turned the drivers away although they had already been screened by Zimbabwean authorities.

Immigration officers at Beitbridge Border Post confirmed that a number of truck drivers and immigrants were sent back from South African.

The incident comes a few days after Government announced that it will quarantine Ebola patients while suspects will be screened and monitored for 21 days to determine if they did not contract the deadly disease.