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India urges its citizens in Hubei who wish to return to get in touch with it before 7 pm today

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Published : Feb 17, 2020, 5:20 PM IST

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Indian nationals currently in Wuhan/Hubei Province and wishing to return to India can urgently call hotlines +8618610952903 and +8618612083629 or send email to helpdesk.beijing@mea.gov.in before 1900 hours today, Indian embassy in Beijing said.

Beijing: Indian embassy in Beijing on Monday urged Indian nationals living in Chinese coronavirus hit Hubei province who intend to avail the flight which will return to India after delivering a consignment of medical supplies to contact them before 7 pm.

In a series of tweets on Monday, the embassy said, "GoI will send a consignment of medical supplies on a relief flight to Wuhan later this week to support China to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. On its return, the flight will have limited capacity to take on board Indians wishing to return to India from Wuhan/Hubei."

  • GoI will send a consignment of medical supplies on a relief flight to Wuhan later this week to support China to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. On its return, the flight will have limited capacity to take on board Indians wishing to return to India from Wuhan/Hubei.(1/3) @MEAIndia

    — India in China (@EOIBeijing) February 17, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

"Many Indian nationals currently in Wuhan/Hubei Province and wishing to return to India have already been in touch with @EOIBeijing in the past two weeks. We urge all Indian nationals from Wuhan/Hubei who intend to avail this flight and have not yet contacted us, to urgently call our hotlines +8618610952903 and +8618612083629 or send email to helpdesk.beijing@mea.gov.in before 1900 hours today (17 February 2020)," it added.

  • We urge all Indian nationals from Wuhan/Hubei who intend to avail this flight and have not yet contacted us, to urgently call our hotlines +8618610952903 and +8618612083629 or send email to helpdesk.beijing@mea.gov.in before 1900 hours today (17 February 2020) (3/3) @MEAIndia

    — India in China (@EOIBeijing) February 17, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri expressing his solidarity with the people of China in their fight against the coronavirus epidemic on Sunday announced that New Delhi will be sending a consignment of medical supplies to China to help with the relief effort.

The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has gone up to 1,770 in China, with the total number of registered cases standing at 70,548, reported Chinese Health Authorities, according to South China Morning Post.

Read Also: India will soon send consignment of medical supplies to China to combat coronavirus: Indian envoy

(With Inputs from ANI)

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