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UK assisted departure from Wuhan, China: Foreign Office statement

Following the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, the government is working to organise a flight to the UK for eligible British nationals.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 29 January 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

A Foreign Office spokesperson said:

We are doing everything we can to get British people in Wuhan safely back to the UK. A number of countries’ flights have been unable to take off as planned. We continue working urgently to organise a flight to the UK as soon as possible.

We remain in close contact with the Chinese authorities and conversations are ongoing at all levels.

Read our travel advice for China and the latest advice on the Wuhan coronavirus.

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Published 29 January 2020