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Published 10:48 IST, February 4th 2020

Plane with Wuhan evacuees lands in Malaysia

Scores of Malaysians were evacuated from the virus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan and flown home to Kuala Lumpur early Tuesday.

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Scores of Malaysians were evacuated from the virus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan and flown home to Kuala Lumpur early Tuesday.

The AirAsia evacuation flight contained 133 people, including 107 Malaysians and non-Malaysian family members, 12 crew and 14 officials.

All the passengers were taken to a separate building at the airport for screening.

The Malaysian government has said that all those who showed symptoms will be hospitalised, while the others will be taken into quarantine for 14 days.

 

Updated 10:48 IST, February 4th 2020

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