Nepali nationals and students evacuated from Wuhan after parents protested
Nepali nationals and students evacuated from Wuhan after parents protested
Nepalon Sundayevacuated 175 of its nationalsfrom the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of acoronavirus outbreak, an official said, after protests by parents of students studying in the city.
A plane operated by state-ownedNepalAirlines carrying 134 men and 41 women, mostly students, landed at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport before dawn,HealthMinistry spokesman Mahendra Shrestha said.
All evacuees will be held in quarantine for two weeks in the nearby town of Bhaktapur. "They will be under the close observation of doctors in quarantine and will be allowed to join their families if found healthy after two weeks," Shrestha added.
[ Officials inprotective suitsprepareto evacuate 175 Nepalese nationals from a Nepal Airlines Airbus A330-200 plane (Courtesy: Reuters) ]
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Last week parents protested in front of the Health Ministry demanding thatNepalistudents in Wuhan be brought home sooner.
The government said delays were due to the time needed to prepare buildings to keep the returnees in quarantine.Nepalhas only one confirmed case of coronavirus so far.