Hong Kong to bring home 533 residents stranded in virus-hit Hubei

HONG KONG - Hong Kong will send four chartered flights this week to bring home 533 people stranded in China's Hubei Province, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak that has been under lockdown since late January, the territory's leader said Tuesday.Rejecting criticisms of inaction while foreign governments moved to evacuate their citizens from the worst-hit central province, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the territory made arrangements to evacuate them as soon as conditions were met."We do not feel that we have delayed the return of Hong Kong people stranded in Hubei," Lam said at…READ FULL ARTICLE