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This is one day Wuhan under quarantine 2:09
(CNN Spanish) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia reported on Friday in a statement the details on the evacuation of its citizens in Wuhan, epicenter of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, on a flight that is scheduled for next February 22.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, three possible evacuation routes have been designed with “the least number of stops”. Therefore, eight overflight requests were issued to countries such as Algeria, Morocco, Spain, India, United Arab Emirates, among others, and Colombia is waiting for your responses.
On the requirements of the flight for the transfer, the ministry said that an airplane is needed “with the greatest possible autonomy of flight for the journey of more than 30 hours between Colombia and Wuhan, and with the required scales, which depend on the established route ”.
He added that the aircraft "must have the size and space necessary to conform to the health protocols related to the coronavirus, including the distance required between passenger and passenger." The plane is expected to complete its maintenance and test overflights on February 21, authorities said.
It was also announced that the crew, consisting of 10 people, will have the support of medical personnel arranged by the Ministry of Health, the Red Cross and the Ministry of Health of Bogotá “to make the respective check-ups upon arrival in Wuhan and during the flight " Once citizens return to the country, professionals from the Ministry of Health will be “in charge of quarantine time”.
With information from Florencia Trucco.
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