HK to bring home over 500 residents from Hubei 

HKSAR's Chief Executive Carrie Lam said during a weekly press conference on Tuesday that Hong Kong will send four chartered planes to bring home 533 residents from central China's Hubei Province.

Lam said the government will fly out about 440 people in Wuhan City in two flights, while people from other cities in Hubei Province will be back in two other flights. 

Lam said the chartered flights will arrive in Hong Kong on Wednesday and Thursday. 

All of the passengers will be quarantined for 14 days.

Lam added that the region will also tighten measures to curb the import of virus cases and those arriving in Hong Kong from virus-hit areas will have to spend 14 days in quarantine.