Exclusive: Australia will send dozens of residents trapped in China by the coronavirus epidemic to New Zealand after co-ordinating an evacuation with the Kiwi government | ErykBagshaw
After four days of negotiations with Chinese authorities and a 14-hour maze of medical and immigration checks, 243 Australian residents were evacuated on the first flight from the centre of the coronavirus outbreak on Monday.
More than 600 Australians have registered their interest in being evacuated from the lockdown zone, where hospitals are being guarded by the military and groceries are running out across Hubei province, an area home to 60 million people. Share markets in Shanghai and Shenzen fell sharply in response to the crisis on Monday after stocks in Japanese protective health mask companies surged.
"Australia and New Zealand have also been working with Pacific nations and Timor-Leste to provide assistance to their nationals where possible," he said.Allison, who asked to only be identified by her first name, said she did not want to leave when the evacuation was announced last week but as more countries cut off their borders, she was left with little choice."If I want to go by myself, there are no flights to take," the 29-year-old human resources worker said.
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