Coronavirus: hundreds stranded in Wuhan as UK evacuation flight delayed
by Simon Murphy from on (#4YN0H)
Chinese authorities yet to give plane permission to leave region at centre of outbreak
Hundreds of Britons hoping to flee the Chinese region at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak have been left stranded after an emergency flight chartered by the government to take them home was delayed.
A plane was due to leave locked-down Wuhan on Thursday morning, evacuating about 200 Britons to the UK where they would be quarantined for two weeks at a secure NHS facility.
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