China has flown two planeloads of its citizens back home to Hubei, the locked-down province at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak where they were greeted by authorities in full-body protective suits.
Health authorities in white, full-body protective gear stood by the cabin door as the plane's 73 passengers disembarked, smiling through face masks and waving to news photographers. China's foreign ministry said earlier on Friday that the country would bring Wuhan residents back from overseas"as soon as possible" due to"the practical difficulties that Chinese citizens from Hubei, especially Wuhan, have faced overseas".
China's aviation agency had said there were 117 nationals from Hubei province in Bangkok and 100 in Kota Kinabalu who are"willing to take the chartered flights back to Wuhan as soon as possible".
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