Coronavirus: India will send third flight to Wuhan to evacuate 100 more

India will be sending a third flight to Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Hubei province of China, to evacuate nearly 100 Indian citizens.

The country had recently evacuated over 640 of its citizens from Wuhan. Yet, an unknown number of Indians remain in the area and their number is being ascertained, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. India is also awaiting a go-ahead from Japan to evacuate its 132 citizens onboard the luxury cruise liner 'Diamond Princess', which is docked off the coast of Japan with hundreds of positive cases of coronavirus infection.

However, officials at