第４便は今週半ば以降　チャーター機運航、外務省が湖北省邦人にメール―新型肺炎

　外務省は２日、新型コロナウイルスによる肺炎が広がる中国・武漢市がある湖北省に在留し、帰国を希望する邦人に対し、政府チャーター機第４便の運航は「週半ば以降になる見込み」との電子メールを１日に送ったと発表した。
　メールは「できるだけ早く運航が可能になるように最大限努力している」と説明。中国籍の配偶者や子の日本への渡航に関しては「中国側と引き続き鋭意調整中」と伝えた。
　政府によると、湖北省内には帰国希望の邦人が約１４０人残っている。（2020/02/02-10:59）

The Japanese government is expected to send a fourth chartered flight in the middle of this week or later to evacuate Japanese citizens still in China's Hubei Province, which includes Wuhan at the center of the coronavirus outbreak, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
   The plan was emailed Saturday to Japanese citizens in Hubei who are willing to return home, the ministry said. In the email, the ministry said it is doing its best to make the fourth flight available as early as possible, according to the ministry.
   The ministry said it is in talks with Chinese authorities about evacuating Chinese spouses and children of Japanese citizens.
   A total of 565 Japanese citizens returned home from Hubei on three government-chartered flights last week. About 140 more are waiting to be brought back home from the province, according to the government.