Stranded Pakistanis start arriving home

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Some of the Pakistani nationals stranded in coronavirus-hit China started arriving home as Islamabad on Monday allowed two Chinese flights to land here, a day after it received special medical kits from Beijing to detect the deadly virus cases.

Pakistan suspended flights from China on January 31 till February 2, a day after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of the virus as a global health emergency.

According to the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCCA), two flights of China Southern Airlines from Urumqi city of China landed at the Islamabad International Airport.

One of the flights- CZ6007- carried 69 passengers, including 57 Pakistanis and 12 Chinese.

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