Chinese officials are yet to approve the federal government's plans to evacuate Australians from the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan.
Australians in Wuhan who have applied for a flight to Christmas Island are now waiting to see if they will be able to leave the coronavirus epicentre. Chinese officials are yet to approve the federal government's plans to evacuate Australians and quarantine them offshore.
21-year-old Daniel Ou Yang has applied to be evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan.Mr Yang had planned to stay in the locked-down city but doesn't want to put his life on hold as the global health crisis unfolds. He initially feared he might be treated like a detainee on Christmas Island, where evacuees would be quarantined for 14 days before being cleared to return home.Anxious Australian families stuck in Wuhan await details of evacuation to Christmas IslandThe $1,000 price tag for the evacuation to Christmas Island does not faze Mr Yang, who works in real estate."It is not a great feeling to be not going to and having to pay when it is out of your control," Mr Yang told AAP.
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