Coronavirus Scare: Few Indians NOT Allowed to Board Air India Flight from China to India?

A special Air India flight bringing 324 Indians -- who were evacuated from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan -- arrived in Delhi this morning (February 1, 2020).

The Boeing 747 Jumbo aircraft took off from Wuhan's Tianhe International Airport in the early hours of Saturday and landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi at 7:26 am.

It is learnt that the passengers, mostly students, will be kept in isolation for 14 days at the ITBP centre in Chhawla in Delhi upon their entry.

The flight was delayed from Wuhan airport as immigration and Chinese authorities did not allow six Indians on board after they reported high temperatures during the screening.

"Six passengers were offloaded as they had high temperatures," a passenger told the news agency, ANI.

A screening camp has been set up at the Delhi Airport where they will be screened before they are put under quarantine.

All passengers will go through mandatory screening and post that, will be put under observation. Ministry of External Affairs, Health Ministry and the Army will make arrangements for the passengers.