Corona Virus Scare: 2nd Air India Flight from Wuhan Lands in Delhi

Reporters Today (New Delhi): India airlifted the second batch of 321 stranded Indians and seven Maldivian citizens from China’s Corona Virus-hit Wuhan city today, taking the total number of people evacuated to 654, Indian officials said.

Air India’s jumbo B747 made two flights to Wuhan city – the ground zero of the coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 300 people, infected 14,380 others and spread to 25 countries, including India, the US and the UK.

In the first flight on yesterday, 324 Indians were evacuated and today another 321 Indians and seven Maldivian citizens were flown back.