Flight carrying New Zealanders, Australians leaves virus-hit Wuhan

WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - A flight carrying New Zealanders, Australians and citizens of smaller Pacific countries who were evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan is expected to arrive in Auckland later on Wednesday, authorities said.

Governments around the world have organised flights to get citizens out of Wuhan, where a newly identified coronoavirus was first detected in December. The outbreak has now killed 490 people in China, one in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines.