Britain says evacuation flight leaves Wuhan with over 200 on board


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  • Sunday, 09 Feb 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Saturday that a final evacuation flight from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, had taken off with more than 200 people on board.

Britain's foreign ministry said the chartered civilian aircraft departed at 3:20 local time on Sunday (1920 GMT Saturday), and that the number of passengers included staff who facilitated the flight as well as medics.

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