More Indians to be rescued from coronavirus-hit Wuhan as second Air India flight leaves today
The second flight to evacuate Indian nationals from coronavirus epicentre Wuhan in China will leave today, national carrier Air India said. “Another flight will depart from Delhi to Wuhan at 12.50 pm today with different set of crew, same team of doctors with different aircraft. The rescue team will be again headed by Capt Amitabh Singh, Director Operation, Air India,” the airline’s spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar said.
The special Air India flight with 324 Indians landed in Delhi from Wuhan early on Saturday, and were taken to the medical observation camps (quarantine facilities) set-up by Indian Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) in Manesar near Gurgaon and Chhawla in West Delhi respectively.
Among the rescued passengers, 211 are students, 110 are working professionals and three minors. Twenty-two of them belong to Maharashtra, and the rest are from Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
