China to fly overseas citizens back to virus-hit Hubei province

BEIJING: The Chinese government has decided to send charter planes to bring citizens from virus-hit Hubei province who are overseas back "as soon as possible", the foreign affairs ministry said Friday (Jan 31).

"In view of the practical difficulties that Chinese citizens from Hubei, especially Wuhan, have faced overseas, the Chinese government has decided to send charter flights to take them directly back to Wuhan as soon as possible," said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying.