Coronavirus: Evacuation efforts

These are the plans so far by foreign governments to evacuate their citizens from the epicentre of the outbreak:

Australia: The foreign ministry said it was working on a plan to transport home all Australian nationals.

India: The foreign ministry said it has now requested permission to operate two flights to remove some 250 to 300 nationals from China.

Indonesia: Jakarta is still not decided whether to bring more than 230 Indonesians in China home.

Japan: A second plane chartered by the Japanese government left China and landed in Tokyo, bringing the total number of people repatriated to 400.

Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur says waiting signal from Beijing to evacuate some 78 Malaysians from Wuhan.

Philippines: Manila said it is ready to evacuate some 150 Filipinos in Wuhan and another 150 in other parts of Hubei.

Singapore: Singapore flew home 92 of its citizens from Wuhan.

Sri Lanka: Colombo said they are ready to fly out roughly 860 Sri Lankan students.

South Korea: Seoul yesterday sent chartered planes to Wuhan to return hundreds of its citizens.

hailand: Bangkok is waiting for Beijing’s signal to evacuate its citizens, especially from Wuhan. Sixty-five Thais are in Wuhan.

United States: 240 Americans, including consular staff, were flown out of Wuhan.

France: A plane was scheduledto land in Wuhan yesterday. About 500 to 1,000 French citizens are eligible for repatriation there.

European Union: The block said flights are planned to evacuate more than 100 nationals from EU nations.

Germany: Berlin is planning to fly out some 90 citizens on Saturday.

Algeria: Government is taking all measures needed to bring home 36 Algerians living in Wuhan.

Morocco: About 100 people, mostly students in Wuhan, will be evacuated.