British nationals in Wuhan will return to UK on Friday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says
In another development, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said the government was pressing Beijing to allow the spouses or partners of UK nationals to be on the flight.
He said they were also concerned about the risks of flying, having seen reports that three Japanese people on evacuation flights were found to have the virus. Jeff Siddle, from Northumberland, told the BBC his family faced a"terrible dilemma" after he and his nine-year-old daughter were told they could fly back - but not his Chinese wife, who has a permanent residency visa for the UK.
Hundreds of foreign nationals are being evacuated from Wuhan, with Japan, the US and the EU among those repatriating their citizens.
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