Australians in Wuhan told no more evacuation flights planned out of coronavirus epicentre
It's been 19 days since Australian Shirley Xiang, her husband Tony Chen and their three children, Christopher, 10, Summer, 4, and Matthew 2, became trapped in an apartment in Wuhan.
So far they have managed to isolate themselves from the coronavirus. But now they are running out of food.
And they say they are running out of hope that they will be rescued by the Australian Government.
Australia has evacuated more than 500 of its citizens out of Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly outbreak, with the first cohort under quarantine on Christmas Island and the second touching down in Darwin on Sunday.
Despite several stranded Australians registering their details with the Government, at least five families say they were not notified of the departing flights, and were left behind.
Now, families like Ms Xiang's have been told there are no more flights on the horizon.
The ABC has seen emails from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) telling families there were "no plans currently for any more Australian Government assisted departure flights".
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-12/australian-citizens-wuhan-no-planned-evacuations-coronavirus/11955520
So far they have managed to isolate themselves from the coronavirus. But now they are running out of food.
And they say they are running out of hope that they will be rescued by the Australian Government.
Australia has evacuated more than 500 of its citizens out of Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly outbreak, with the first cohort under quarantine on Christmas Island and the second touching down in Darwin on Sunday.
Despite several stranded Australians registering their details with the Government, at least five families say they were not notified of the departing flights, and were left behind.
Now, families like Ms Xiang's have been told there are no more flights on the horizon.
The ABC has seen emails from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) telling families there were "no plans currently for any more Australian Government assisted departure flights".
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-12/australian-citizens-wuhan-no-planned-evacuations-coronavirus/11955520
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