5 Feb 2020

Evacuees from Wuhan land in Auckland

From Lately, 10:30 am on 5 February 2020

Evacuated passengers from Wuhan are being quarantined at a military base north of Auckland after landing at Auckland Airport  tonight.

There were 193 people on board the Air New Zealand flight from Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak including 23 Australian nationals.
 
Bryan speaks with RNZ News reporter MacKenzie Smith who was at Auckland Airport when the Ministry of Health announced the plane's arrival.

Air NZ Wuhan evacuation flight lands in Auckland

Air NZ Wuhan evacuation flight lands in Auckland Photo: RNZ / YouTube