CAAC to dispatch charter flights to bring home Wuhan tourists

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has said it will dispatch two charter flights on Friday to bring home from overseas trips the residents of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The two flights will be sent to Bangkok, Thailand and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Hours earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced China's decision to dispatch charter flights to fly travelers from Hubei Province back home.

Many tourists from Wuhan, the epicenter of the newly-found virus, were either denied entry into commercial flights or the flights were canceled. 

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