China will send two planes to Malaysia and Thailand on Friday to bring stranded residents of Hubei province residents back to Wuhan City.
The Xiamen Airlines flights will pick up the Chinese nationals from Kota Kinabalu and Bangkok according to China’s Civil Aviation Administration.
177 Chinese nationals from Hubei province while 177 are in Bangkok and 100 more from Kota Kinabalu.
The city is now in lockdown and considered as the epicenter of the deadly virus outbreak. There are about 11 million residents living in Wuhan.
“The charter flights adopt the principle of voluntary ticket purchase,” the CAAC added.
China’s foreign affairs ministry said that it will bring back those who want to return to China.
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