CoronavirusUS to evacuate citizens from Wuhan to California on Wednesday
All 240 will be screened in advance and stop in Alaska
A chartered flight will depart from Wuhan's Tianhe International Airport on the morning of Jan. 29, China time, for arrival in Ontario, California, with a stop in Anchorage to refuel. © Reuters
ALEX FANG and YIFAN YU, Nikkei staff writers
January 28, 2020 07:38 JST
Updated on January 28, 2020 09:03 JST
NEW YORK/PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Hundreds of diplomats and other American citizens stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan will be evacuated Wednesday local time on a chartered flight as the deadly coronavirus continues to spread in the outbreak's epicenter.