106 Hong Kong residents aboard virus-hit cruise brought home by chartered flight

Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-20 10:18:34|Editor: huaxia

CHINA-HONG KONG-NOVEL CORONAVIRUS-CRUISE SHIP-CHARTERED FLIGHT-ARRIVAL (CN)

A passenger from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is seen on a specially-arranged bus arriving at a quarantine center in the New Territories in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 20, 2020. The first chartered flight arranged by the HKSAR government arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday morning, bringing 106 Hong Kong residents stranded on the novel coronavirus-inflicted Diamond Princess cruise ship back from Japan. The chartered flight landed at the Hong Kong International Airport at around 8:30 a.m. local time. The passengers were taken directly from the airport to a quarantine center in the New Territories by specially-arranged buses to undergo a 14-day quarantine. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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