Second plane carrying evacuees from Wuhan arrives at CFB Trenton

The Canadian Press

Officials, including some in protective clothing approach a plane chartered by the federal government carrying Canadian citizens home from Wuhan, China at the centre of the global novel coronavirus outbreak after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., to refuel before continuing on to CFB Trenton, on Monday February 10, 2020. , THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A second Canadian plane carrying evacuees from the quarantined region of Hubei, China, has landed at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in southern Ontario.

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said the plane departed Wuhan with 185 passengers on board.

Myriam Larouche, one of the 213 Canadians who were flown in Friday from the Chinese epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, says life under quarantine at the base feels like summer camp.

Renowned Canadian epidemiologist Bruce Aylward made his way to China to lead a team of World Health Organization experts to study the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

The virus has killed 1,016 people among 42,638 confirmed cases in mainland China, and infected more than 43,000 people globally.

-- With files from The Associated Press

Markets

BNN

Scoreboard

BNN

LIVE:

International