<p>Air India will operate a special flight to Wuhan City on Friday to evacuate Indian nationals stranded at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak that has triggered panic globally.</p>.<p>A special 423-seater Boeing 747 jet will depart from Delhi at 12.30 pm on Friday.</p>.<p>“The national carrier once again comes to the rescue – this time to evacuate Indians from Wuhan, the site of the outbreak of coronavirus. This mission begins today with a Jumbo 747 operating between Delhi and Wuhan,” Air India Chairman-cum-Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said here. The crew will include doctors and medical supplies with specific instructions to evacuate non-infected persons from the Chinese city.</p>.<p>The evacuation comes a day after India reported its first case of the coronavirus in Kerala.</p>.<p>The Indian Embassy in Beijing has out to over 600 Indians living in China's Hubei province to inquire whether they were keen to be flown back to India.</p>.<p>The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak has touched 213 with the number of confirmed cases totalling to 9,692, China's national authorities announced on Friday.</p>.<p>The World Health Organisation had declared an international emergency on Thursday over the deadly novel coronavirus that has originated from China.</p>
<p>Air India will operate a special flight to Wuhan City on Friday to evacuate Indian nationals stranded at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak that has triggered panic globally.</p>.<p>A special 423-seater Boeing 747 jet will depart from Delhi at 12.30 pm on Friday.</p>.<p>“The national carrier once again comes to the rescue – this time to evacuate Indians from Wuhan, the site of the outbreak of coronavirus. This mission begins today with a Jumbo 747 operating between Delhi and Wuhan,” Air India Chairman-cum-Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said here. The crew will include doctors and medical supplies with specific instructions to evacuate non-infected persons from the Chinese city.</p>.<p>The evacuation comes a day after India reported its first case of the coronavirus in Kerala.</p>.<p>The Indian Embassy in Beijing has out to over 600 Indians living in China's Hubei province to inquire whether they were keen to be flown back to India.</p>.<p>The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak has touched 213 with the number of confirmed cases totalling to 9,692, China's national authorities announced on Friday.</p>.<p>The World Health Organisation had declared an international emergency on Thursday over the deadly novel coronavirus that has originated from China.</p>
