Second Evacuation Flights From China’s Virus-Hit Wuhan Headed for the US: State Department

An airplane carrying U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, lands at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif., on Jan. 29, 2020. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Photo

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) said on Feb. 4, two further flights evacuating U.S. citizens from Wuhan—the Chinese city at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak—have departed for the United States.

“Two planes have departed Wuhan en route to the United States,” a DOS spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Tuesday evening.