South Korea and India join Wuhan evacuations over coronavirus

US and Japan also readying charter flights as death toll tops 100

Medical workers in protective gear talk with a woman who may have contracted the coronavirus at a community health station in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 27. © AP

KIM JAEWON and KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writers

January 28, 2020 11:40 JST

Updated on January 28, 2020 21:38 JST

SEOUL/NEW DELHI -- South Korea is preparing to extract its citizens from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, joining the U.S. and Japan in an expanding evacuation drive.

A total of 694 South Korean residents have applied for the charter flight, which is to depart on Thursday at the earliest.