Turkish military plane bringing Georgian citizens from Wuhan
Turkish military plane bringing Georgian citizens from Wuhan

A Turkish military-transport plane is bringing 42 passengers including Georgian citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is considered to be the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, to Turkey. The plane will land in Turkish capital Ankara at 21:00 Tbilisi time.

As reported by the Turkish media, the passengers include Turkish, Georgian, Azerbaijani and Albanian citizens.

The passengers will be given special clothes and will spend 14 days in the quarantine on the territory of Turkey.

Countries began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan to prevent the epidemic’s spread.

Coronavirus has been reported in at least 16 other countries, but no deaths have occurred outside China.

Some airlines have suspended flights with China, including British Airways, Lufthansa, Air Canada and American Airlines.