KATHMANDU, Feb 16 — Nepal today evacuated 175 of its nationals from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, an official said, after protests by parents of students studying in the city. A plane operated by state-owned Nepal Airlines carrying 134 men and 41 women,...
Sunday, 16 Feb 2020 03:23 PM MYT
An official in protective suite prepares to evacuate 175 Nepalese nationals from a Nepal Airlines Airbus A330-200 plane before they were sent to be quarantine at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal February 16, 2020. — Reuters pic KATHMANDU, Feb 16 — Nepal today evacuated 175 of its nationals from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, an official said, after protests by parents of students studying in the city.
A plane operated by state-owned Nepal Airlines carrying 134 men and 41 women, mostly students, landed at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport before dawn, Health Minisitry spokesman Mahendra Shrestha said.“They will be under the close observation of doctors in quarantine and will be allowed to join their families if found healthy after two weeks,” Shrestha told Reuters.
Last week parents protested in front of the Health Ministry demanding that Nepali students in Wuhan be brought home sooner. The government said delays were due to the time needed to prepare buildings to keep the returnees in quarantine.
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