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Coronavirus outbreak: 324 stranded Indians from Wuhan brought back

Coronavirus outbreak: 324 stranded Indians from Wuhan brought back

| @indiablooms | 01 Feb 2020, 02:34 am

New Delhi/IBNS: An Air India flight, which was carrying 324 Indians stranded in Coronavirus-hit Wuhan city in China, arrived in India on Saturday.

The plane reportedly carried five doctors from Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and an Air India paramedic.

The flight took off from the Wuhan airport, the city which is being considered as the epicentre of the outbreak of the disease, in the early hours of Saturday.

The Indians who were evacuated from Wuhan will be quarantined in a specially prepared facility in Manesar near Delhi on their return, the Indian Army, which has mounted a full-fledged operation for this purpose, was quoted as saying by NDTV.

According to reports, these people will be kept under observation for signs of infection for two weeks by a team of doctors and medical personnel. 

Meanwhile, the Indian government thanked China for facilitating the special flight to evacuate the Indians from Wuhan.

The death toll since the outbreak of the disease in China has now touched 259.

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