China says will repatriate overseas citizens if needed due to coronavirus

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15:221/03/2020, Pazar
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File photo: People wearing masks are seen in an alley near the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China February 27, 2020
File photo: People wearing masks are seen in an alley near the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China February 27, 2020

China will take measures to repatriate its citizens in countries seriously affected by the coronavirus outbreak if necessary, an official at the country's foreign ministry said on Sunday.

Cui Aiming, the foreign ministry official who spoke at a briefing in Beijing, did not name any particular countries.

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