• PLANE: Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, said Thursday that the government has no plan so far to dispatch an aircraft to evacuate at least 4 Mexican citizens from the main coronavirus outbreak area in Wuhan, China, but is seeking help from other nations to do so.
• LARGE: “It would not be justified to send an aircraft at this time; we will see later on… and yes we are in talks… to see if we can get help from any of the (other) countries that are sending support, by number. These are very large airplanes that must be dispatched”, said Ebrard yesterday
• NUMBER: According to the López Obrador administration, there are at least 18 Mexicans located in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province. However, only 4 have been cleared by the Chinese government to leave. As of today, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Mexico.
• CONTEXT: Last October, the Mexican government dispatched an air force jet to Miami, Florida to retrieve the remains of celebrated musician José José. In November, the government also sent an air force jet to help former Bolivian President Evo Morales reach asylum safety in Mexico.
