Turkish cargo plane takes off from virus-struck Wuhan to evacuate Turkish citizens and other nationals
The giant cargo aircraft of the Turkish Armed Forces, which evacuated Turkish citizens from China due to the coronavirus epidemic, took off after refueling in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on February 1, 2020.
Passengers' health conditions are good and their oxygen levels, as well as body temperature, are normal, the officials told Anadolu Agency reporter on board. Evacuees will be quarantined for 14 days in single rooms in line with a coronavirus incubation period.The plane also delivered medical equipment, dispatched by Turkey’s state-run aid and development agency and Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, to China.
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