PM: SKorea to send chartered plane to Wuhan

South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said the government is planning to send a chartered plane to Wuhan to evacuate South Korean citizens.

Chung said Tuesday that South Korean citizens in Wuhan and other neighboring areas have asked for the government's help and emphasized the government's duty to protect the lives of South Korean nationals living abroad.

In the meeting in Seoul, Chung also said the South Korean government will send masks and protective gears to China via the chartered plane to strengthen the cooperating with China.

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