Air India’s jumbo B747 plane took off from the Wuhan airport in the early hours of Saturday, as many as 324 Indian nationals were evacuated
New Delhi: The death toll in China from the deadly virus had reached 258 on Saturday. 1,347 new cases have also been confirmed, China Daily reported. The virus originated in China’s Wuhan city in December and has since then spread to various cities around the world. Meanwhile, amid the fear of transmission, as many as 324 Indian nationals were evacuated from China.
There
are five doctors from Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital and one paramedical
staff on board, said the Air India spokesperson.
National carrier Air India’s special flight operated to the
Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, to
evacuate Indians stranded there, landed at the IGI airport in New Delhi on
Saturday. Accordingly, the flight ferried back 324 Indian nationals. The
airline said that the special flight landed at Delhi airport at 7.26 a.m. Air
India started evacuation of Indians from Wuhan with the first special flight
which was operated using a double decker jumbo 747 with 15 cabin crew and five
cockpit crew.
On Friday evening, the Air India spokesperson had stated that
another special flight may take off from Delhi airport on Saturday to evacuate
Indians from Wuhan.
(With inputs from Agencies)
