INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Airlines aircraft sent by the government to bring home people who had applied to be evacuated from six different cities
of Hubei Province of China, has landed in Kathmandu at 3:38am.
A hundred and seventy five people of the 185 that had requested the
government for their immediate evacuation have arrived home.
Six people could not board the plane due to medical reasons, while four decided
to stay back at the last moment
The nature of the ‘medical reasons& owing to which six people were returned from the airport by Chinese authorities, however, is yet to be
ascertained.
The evacuees are now being taken to Nepal Electricity Authority Training Centre, Kharipati where they would be kept for 14 to
17 days, or longer, in quarantine.
According to the Ministry of Health, as many as 60 rooms have been prepared for their stay where six
persons will be sharing one restroom
Those quarantined will be asked to record their body temperature twice daily and should immediately inform the medical team if notice any
Those in quarantine can also seek Psychological counselling in the centre.
Throat swab of the evacuees will be taken within 24 hours after
they reach the place of quarantine
All 175 returnees along with the crew members of the flight who will share this ‘temporary base& will undergo another test on 14th
day.
Meanwhile, all operations at the Tribhuvan International Airport have been shut down until 6:00am.
One of the people onboard the
special flight posted a tweet in which passengers can be seen expressing happiness and relief upon arrival.
Happiness in darkness, from
feeling of returning motherland from corona virus hunted city…Jay Nepal !! pic.twitter.com/V3s86tguHC
— ashok (@ashokshah3538) February
15, 2020
Another tweet posted by a passenger mirroring similar sentiments.
कोरोना
वाइरस उदगमस्थल
चाइनाको वुहान शहरबाट
हताशा निरशा र जीवनको
अनिश्चिता बाट आफ्नो
मातृभूमि फर्किदा
खेरीको अनमोल खुशी.
आफ्नो घर आफनै हुनछ। जय
नेपाल!! pic.twitter.com/b6AYU5P4NI
— Chandra Bhushan Sah (@info_bhushan) February 15, 2020
NA plane
carrying 175 Nepalis enroute to Ktm from Wuhan
Plane leaves for Wuhan to bring Nepalis home
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