Air India special flight to evacuate Indian citizens from China amid Coronavirus outbreak

In wake of Coronavirus outbreak which has been termed an international health emergency by World Health Organization (WHO), an Air India special B747 flight will depart at 12.30 pm on Friday from Delhi to Wuhan city in China's Hubei province for evacuation of Indians. 423-seater jumbo flight to China which is coming from Mumbai to Delhi is said to carry 16 crew members are said to be on board for evacution process. 

government h contacted over 600 Indians living in China's Hubei province to determine ir reiness to return to India. Indian government has been constantly in touch with Chinese authorities and is awaiting official confirmation from China.

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evacuation effort is scheduled a day after India registered its first positive case of Coronavirus in Kerala. patient who is a student studying at Wuhan University h returned from China after outbreak and has tested positive. She is w kept in isolation at General Hospital in Thrissur and is said to be in a stable condition. Wuhan city of Hubei Province is said to be epicenter of virus.

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death toll due to vel Coronavirus in China is increasing as days pass by. China's national authorities anunced on Friday that virus has claimed 213 lives with number of confirmed cases totalling to 9,692.

new figures came shortly after World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global emergency over dely epidemic, which has spre to over 20 countries around world. latest figures show that daily death count is increasing sharply, despite unprecedented measures imposed by China on Hubei a week ago.

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WHO declares Global Health Emergency

WHO h initially played down threat posed by Coronavirus, but later revised its risk assessment after crisis talks on Thursday.

"We must all act toger w to limit furr spre... We can only stop it toger," WHO chief Tedros ham Ghebreyesus said while briefing in Geneva.

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Although Tedros said that imposing restrictions on travel and tre restrictions with China were futile in efforts to stem spre of Coronavirus which has w affected several countries around world.