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23 Bangladeshis evacuated from Wuhan on special Indian flight

Twenty-three Bangladeshi Nationals were evacuated from China’s Wuhan, the epicentre of coronavirus, on February 27 by a special Indian Air Force flight with a number of other Indian nationals. Photo: Collected

Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals were evacuated from China's Wuhan city -- epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak -- on a special Indian flight which landed in Delhi today.

Indian High Commission in Dhaka confirmed the development in a Facebook post this morning.

"23 Bangladeshi Nationals were evacuated from Wuhan, China in a special Indian flight. They landed in Delhi on 27/02/2020," Indian High Commission stated in the Facebook post.

Along with other Indian nationals, they will be quarantined in special facilities in the suburbs of Delhi, it said.

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