Plane repatriating 250 Europeans from China's Wuhan lands in France

An Airbus A380-841 of airline Hi Fly, believed to be carrying European citizens flown out from the coronavirus zone in Wuhan, China, arriving at the Istres-Le Tube Air Base near Istres, northwest of Marseille, southern France on Sunday (Feb 2). - AFP

PARIS: A plane repatriating 250 French and European nationals from China's Wuhan, centre of an outbreak of a new coronavirus, landed at a military airbase in Istres, southern France, on Sunday (Feb 2).

Many countries including their neighbours and from South-East Asia are working with China to repatriate citizens from Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei province.