Coronavirus: Special Air India flight to bring back Indian citizens from Wuhan

A special Air India flight will depart from Delhi to Wuhan city for the evacuations of Indians amid the coronavirus outbreak. The special flight will depart from Delhi at 12:30 pm on Friday. The evacuation comes a day after India reported its first case of coronavirus in Kerala. The student who tested positive was studying in Wuhan city the epicentre of the deadly virus. 

The government had on Friday reached out to over 600 Indians living in China's Hubei province to ascertain their willingness to be brought back to India. Meanwhile, the death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak has climbed to 213 with the number of confirmed cases totalling to 9,692, China's national authorities announced on Friday.The World Health Organization declared Coronavirus a global emergency with many countries urging their citizens not to visit China.