Myanmar sends back China plane after coronavirus scare

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YANGON: Myanmar on Friday (Jan 31) sent a plane back to China with most passengers still on board -- including French and American citizens -- after one man suspected of contracting the coronavirus was taken to hospital.

No cases of the pathogen that has killed 213 people in China have been reported in Myanmar so far but fears have been growing in the impoverished South-East Asian nation that shares a border with its powerful neighbour.

One Chinese passenger was taken to a nearby hospital after displaying possible symptoms of the virus, said civil aviation department manager Soe Paing.The two Myanmar nationals were also allowed to disembark and taken to the same hospital for checks, Soe Paing added.An airport police officer also confirmed the passengers' return.

Myanmar is also waiting for permission to evacuate more than 60 students trapped in Wuhan since the city, the origin of the epidemic, was sealed off last week.

 

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