The first aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off from Wuhan

It is noted that on board a military transport aircraft are 82 people with personal belongings.

Passengers are escorted by military doctors and specialists of the Ministry of Defense.

Earlier it was reported about the arrival of the second Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft at Wuhan Airport.

Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the location of the Russians evacuated from China will be the Tyumen region.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, 132 citizens of Russia expressed their desire to leave Hubei Province in China, where a new type of coronavirus 2019-nCoV has spread.