According to RIA Novosti, people are accompanied by military doctors and defense specialists in the field of virology in special protective equipment.
According to the ministry, the condition of passengers is constantly monitored by military experts.
Earlier it was reported about the departure of the first aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces from Wuhan.
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.