Downing Street has said that the UK is still negotiating with
China over the delayed evacuation flight from Wuhan.
A spokesman said: “The UK government is working urgently with China to ensure an evacuation flight from Wuhan can take off as soon as possible.”
He added: “A number of countries’ flights have been unable to take off as planned including the British repatriation from Wuhan.
The flight is planned to touch down at a military base in the UK before passengers are taken to an NHS facility to be quarantined.
But the plane has been prevented from leaving China because “we haven’t got the necessary clearances and we are working with the Chinese authorities on securing those”, the spokesman said.
British Airways has cancelled flights to
China for a month.
Earlier it said it was only planning to stop China flights until Monday, but after advice from the Foreign Office no BA flights to and from China will happen until 29 February, according to a statement sent to the BBC’s Robin Brant.