NSTworld: The United States said on Tuesday it had authorised consulate staff to leave HongKong as concerns spread over the Covid19 coronavirus.
Non-essential staff and their family members will be allowed, but not required, to leave the metropolis “out of an abundance of caution related to uncertainties” on the coronavirus, a State Department spokesperson said.
The staff move marks the expansion of the State Department’s voluntary departures beyond mainland China.
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