Chartered Plane enroute to Kathmandu from Wuhan
Kathmandu, February 15
A total of 175 Nepali nationals from six different cities across Hubei Province, an epicenter of coronavirus were airlifted from Wuhan.
Of the 175 nationals, 170 are students, one employee, two visitors, and two are children. The numbers of Nepali nationals from the six cities who boarded the flight are -- Wuhan (55), Enshi (26), Shiyan (29), Yichang (8), Jingmen (9) and Jingzhou (48). From among the total evacuees 134 are male and 41 are female, states a press release issued by Embassy of Nepal in China. From among the 185 applicants, four later decided to stay back in China whereas six could not board the plane due to medical reasons.
The flight departed for Nepal at 00:52 AM (China Standard Time) and is scheduled to land at Tribhuvan International Airport at around 04:00 AM (Nepal Standard Time).
Meanwhile, one hundred thousand pieces of face masks donated by the Government of Nepal to the Chinese Government through the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu were brought to Wuhan on the same flight, and were handed over to Hubei Charity Federation at the airport.
