• Some 470 people will return to the island from Hubei, the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak, following an agreement on how the repatriation would be carried out
• Taiwan complained that the first evacuation more than a month ago had included someone infected with the virus

South China Morning Post
Date: 10 Mar, 2020
By: Lawrence Chung

Some 470 Taiwanese stranded in the Chinese province of Hubei were due to return to the island on Tuesday night following a compromise between Beijing and Taipei.

The repatriation comes more than a month after the first batch of 247 who had been stuck in Wuhan, the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak, health minister Chen Shih-chung announced earlier in the day.

Talks about repatriating the 1,000 or so Taiwanese remaining in Hubei had foundered as the two sides started “playing politics”, as one observer described it, over sovereignty.

Taiwan also complained that an infected person had been returned to the island, undermining its efforts to contain the disease.    [FULL  STORY]