7,000 medical workers fly home after supporting Hubei

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Tuesday arranged 51 flights from 11 domestic airlines to transport around 7,000 medical workers supporting Hubei out of the province.

The medical workers were from 71 medical teams from 20 Chinese provinces and municipalities including Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin.

From March 17 to 31, a total of 235 civil flights were arranged and brought back home around 32,000 medical workers from other provinces supporting Hubei.

China sent a total of 42,000 medical workers to Hubei to combat the epidemic and none of them caught the coronavirus.