China to dispatch charter flights to fly travelers back to Hubei

China has decided to dispatch charter flights to bring back travelers from Hubei Province who remained abroad amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Friday.

The decision was made after considering the current situation and the actual problems the Chinese people are facing abroad, Hua added.

Many tourists from the epicenter of the new virus were reportedly rejected to board commercial flights at some overseas airports or because some flights to Wuhan were cancelled.