Coronavirus: Britain under pressure to evacuate UK nationals
by Ben Quinn and Matthew Weaver from Science | The Guardian on (#4YFT0)
UK embassy in Beijing says it is working on option for British nationals to leave China
Britain's embassy in Beijing has said it is "working to make available an option" for British nationals to leave the Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus as the UK's response was contrasted with that of other countries with active evacuation plans.
As other countries prepared to airlift their citizens from the worst affected region of China, the prime minister insisted plans were being worked on to help UK citizens in Wuhan, the city from where the outbreak is believed to have originated, adding that "we are doing everything" to screen people arriving from affected regions.
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