Qi (Kevin) Jin was given the run around by Canadian government officials, who hadn’t even told him about an American plane allowing Canadians on
As scores of his compatriots climbed off an evacuation flight from Wuhan, China, on Friday, Qi Jin was still languishing at ground zero of the coronavirus outbreak — and feeling decidedly abandoned.
Jin said he’s heard nothing since, as he grows increasingly frustrated by the lack of information from his government. Another 40 or so Canadians who had been in Wuhan got out on an American aircraft that left shortly afterward. The 59-year-old tour guide has a wife, 10-year-old daughter and 27-year-old son in Toronto, and arrived in Wuhan on Jan. 16, when the Chinese were still playing down the seriousness of the emerging respiratory illness.
The Global Affairs official took down information on the friend who had offered to drive him to the airport, but said there was “no chance” he’d get on the plane leaving late Thursday.
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