Government To Charter Final Flight To Bring Brits Back From Wuhan huffingtonpost.co.uk

The government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from Wuhan – the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. The plane will leave China during the early hours of Sunday morning local time before landing at RAF Brize Norton, the Foreign Office said. According to the PA news agency, 165 Britons and their dependents still remain in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, while 106 people have asked for assistance to leave. A total of 94 UK nationals and family members have already been evacuated to Britain from Wuhan on two flights which arrived on Friday and Sunday. One passenger was taken to hospital in Oxford after telling medics he had a cough and a cold, while the rest of those who came back are in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on Tuesday night: “We have been working round the clock to help British nationals leave Hubei province, on UK, French and New Zealand flights. “The Foreign Office is chartering a second and final UK flight with space to help all British nationals and their dependants remaining in Hubei to leave. “I encourage all British nationals in Hubei to register with our teams if they want to leave on this flight.”