Japan to repatriate citizens from virus-hit Wuhan in chartered planes

Japan will dispatch chartered planes to the central Chinese city of Wuhan, possibly on Tuesday, to bring back citizens who wish to return home amid a deadly outbreak of coronavirus, government officials said Monday.The government is also considering sending a government plane in addition to the two chartered planes from Narita airport near Tokyo to Wuhan in Hubei Province and return to Haneda airport in the capital, a senior Foreign Ministry official said.The chartered aircraft may also deliver relief supplies, as the Tokyo metropolitan government is preparing to provide 20,000 items of per…READ FULL ARTICLE