Transport bans in an unprecedented quarantine effort left more than 50 mil people trapped. FMTNews
A Japanese chartered plane carrying evacuees from Wuhan arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo.
The new disease has spread to more than 15 countries since it emerged out of Wuhan late last year, although all the confirmed fatalities have so far been in China. Countries have for days been scrambling to try and get their citizens out of Wuhan safely, but have faced huge logistical, medical and bureaucratic hurdles.Medical professionals were on the plane to carry out checks but Japan’s health ministry said there were no plans to quarantine the passengers.
Australia said it would evacuate citizens from Wuhan and quarantine them on an island normally used to detain asylum seekers.Authorities said Wednesday the number of cases in Hubei province, the epicentre of the virus of which Wuhan is the capital, soared by over 800 from the previous day. “Stopping the spread of this virus both in China and globally is WHO’s highest priority,” Tedros said.
Some experts have praised Beijing for being more reactive and open about the new virus compared with its handling of the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic.
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