Chaos and joy at Wuhan airport as doctors take first flights out


Medical workers from Jilin province wave national flags as they prepare to return home via the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, Hubei province, on April 8, 2020.- AP

WUHAN (China Daily/ANN): The crowd outside Wuhan’s Tianhe International Airport on Wednesday (April 8) morning pushed forward as anxiety grew over catching their flights out of town -- the first to depart since Jan 23.

Many were people who had come to the central Chinese city for a Lunar New Year vacation in January and found themselves stuck in a protracted, nightmarish stay as the coronavirus outbreak spread and Hubei province was sealed off to curb it.

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