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  • Mon. Jul 8th, 2024

Factbox: Countries evacuating nationals from coronavirus-hit areas

( Reuters) – A growing variety of nations all over the world have actually been leaving or planning to leave diplomatic staff and citizens from areas struck by the new coronavirus.

FILE IMAGE: A chartered Boeing 747-400 airplane carrying left South Koreans from Wuhan, the epicenter of a virus outbreak in China, arrives at Gimpo International Airport in Gimpo, South Korea, January 31,2020 REUTERS/Heo Ran

Following are some nations’ evacuation plans, and how they intend to manage the health threat from those who are returning.

– Hong Kong organized 4 flights to revive 533 of its citizens from the Chinese province of Hubei. The flights are set to return by March 5 and those returning deal with a 14- day quarantine upon arrival.

– Over 200 Hong Kong residents on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan had been flown back by Feb. 23 and are spending 2 weeks in quarantine. Authorities said 70 of the 364 Hong Kong locals on the ship were infected and will stay in Japan together with other residents who remained in close contact with them.

– Dependants and some personnel were left from the British embassy in Tehran as of March 1 however important personnel will stay.

– Some 30 British guests got here back home on Feb. 22 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan. There were more than 70 British guests on the cruise liner when cases of Covid-19 started to emerge.

– Britain’s last evacuation flight from Wuhan,

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