BENTONG (Bernama): The government has agreed to bring back certain home-based staff of Wisma Putra and other government agencies located in China, along with their wives and dependents, following the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) there.
Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah on Wednesday (Feb 5) said they would be taken home by commercial flights in stages as soon as possible, which would hopefully be implemented next week, depending on the flights still available.
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