Harbhajan Singh salutes Air India for coming to the rescue of Indians in Wuhan

Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh hailed India's national carrier Air India for coming to rescue of Indians stranded in Wuhan amid outbreak of dely coronavirus.  Air India special flight carrying 324 Indians that took off from China's Wuhan on Saturday landed at Delhi airport at 7.26 am. Air India's special B747 flight was sent to Wuhan to airlift Indian students and professionals from Wuhan which has become epicenter for Coronavirus epidemic. As per officials, Coronavirus screening will be conducted by a team of doctors at Delhi Airport for all 324 Indians who have arrived in Air India special flight. Later on, if necessary, y will be put under medical observation. Earlier,  Indian Army sprung in action to create an emergency quarantine facility near Manesar to be monitored for a duration of two weeks by a team of doctors to watch for any signs and symptoms of vel disease. 

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Harbhajan Singh salutes Air India

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On Friday, Minister for External Affairs (MEA) S. Jaishankar tweeted to thank Chinese government for ir cooperation in airlifting of Indian students from Wuhan. Foreign Minister stated that he h personally called Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to thank him for ir help and h also agreed to stay in touch with Chinese government to help tackle vel Coronavirus.

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death toll due to vel Coronavirus in China is increasing as days pass by. death toll from China's new coronavirus outbreak has risen to 259 and tally of confirmed infections has surged to nearly 12,000, government said on Saturday. WHO h initially played down threat posed by Coronavirus, but later revised its risk assessment after crisis talks on Thursday.

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"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. 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.

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