Air India flight waiting for nod from Beijing to evacuate Indians
Returnees to be in quarantine for two weeks: Health Minister
29/01/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Returnees to be in quarantine for two weeks: Health Minister
29/01/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Taking stock: A team led by Dr. Sujeet Singh, Director, NCDC, reviewing facilities at the RML Hospital on Tuesday.PTI
India has begun the process to evacuate nationals from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province of China.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday said the government was planning to send a plane to Wuhan and a special Air India flight had got the go-ahead from aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The evacuation process will take some days, Mr. Jaishankar told reporters at Vadodara airport.
“The aircraft will fly Mumbai-Wuhan-Delhi as per requirement for passenger evacuation,” a senior DGCA official said.
The 423-seater double-decker aircraft, with a 12-member crew, will fly as soon as China grants the required permissions, he said.
Officials said the government was also working on the issue on who will foot the tab for the evacuation.
Mr. Jaishankar, meanwhile, asserted that no Indian student had been found to be affected by the virus till date.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, “The Health Ministry is working to ensure that the Indians in China after their return will be kept in quarantine for two weeks even if they display no symptoms. This is to ensure that they are not carriers of the virus.”
India has begun the process to evacuate nationals from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province of China.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday said the government was planning to send a plane to Wuhan and a special Air India flight had got the go-ahead from aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The evacuation process will take some days, Mr. Jaishankar told reporters at Vadodara airport.
“The aircraft will fly Mumbai-Wuhan-Delhi as per requirement for passenger evacuation,” a senior DGCA official said.
The 423-seater double-decker aircraft, with a 12-member crew, will fly as soon as China grants the required permissions, he said.
Officials said the government was also working on the issue on who will foot the tab for the evacuation.
Mr. Jaishankar, meanwhile, asserted that no Indian student had been found to be affected by the virus till date.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, “The Health Ministry is working to ensure that the Indians in China after their return will be kept in quarantine for two weeks even if they display no symptoms. This is to ensure that they are not carriers of the virus.”
No comments:
Post a Comment