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SEOUL — South Korea plans to send charter flights this week to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, the epicenter of a virus outbreak in China, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Tuesday.

The planes will arrive in the city as early as Thursday, he told a ministerial meeting aimed at discussing efforts to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Kim Coghill)