The aircraft will have capacity for around 300 passengers and will fly from Wuhan to New Zealand, New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said in a statement. WELLINGTON – New Zealand said on Thursday it would charter an aircraft to assist its citizens wanting to leave Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China. There are seven confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia ― four in NSW, one in Queensland and two in Victoria. Two more Australian citizens, who are in China, have been confirmed to have the virus. Australia said on Wednesday that it will help some citizens leave Hubei province in China, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, and quarantine them on Christmas Island, and would also be working to help New Zealand and Pacific island citizens in Hubei.

Source: Huffington Post January 30, 2020 03:56 UTC