An aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 29, 2020. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
LONDON: Britain has delayed a planned evacuation of its citizens from the coronavirus hit Chinese city of Wuhan because it has not yet got the correct permissions from Chinese authorities for a flight to leave.
Britain had planned to fly back its citizens to a Royal Air Force base but the flight is now unlikely to take off on Thursday.
"We are doing everything we can to get British people in Wuhan safely back to the UK," a Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
"A number of countries’ flights have been unable to take off as planned. We continue working urgently to organise a flight to the UK as soon as possible."
