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2020.02.07 20:18 GMT+8

CAAC sends 13 chartered flights to support Hubei Province

Updated 2020.02.07 20:18 GMT+8
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Medical staffs are on the flight to central China's Wuhan City, February 7, 2020. /CMG Photo

Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Friday coordinated a total of 13 chartered flights with nearly 2,000 medical workers to central China's Wuhan City. Meanwhile, the flights also carry medical supplies, which will offer support to varieties cities in Hubei Province to battle the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Two Air China flights took off from Beijing Capital International Airport on Friday morning, carrying 668 medical workers from six well-known hospitals in the city and 28 tons of epidemic prevention supplies to Wuhan. 

Medical supplies on the chartered flight to Hubei Province, February 7, 2020. /CMG Photo

China Eastern Airlines' flight carrying 133 medical workers and 3.7 tons of medical supplies also left Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, for Hubei Province.

The 13 chartered flights from these airlines carrying 2,000 medical workers and supplies will land in Wuhan Tianhe International Airport by Friday night. 

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