PUTRAJAYA (Jan 29): The government is to bring back and evacuate Malaysians who are currently in Wuhan and Hubei province. 

At a press conference today, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government will be evacuating some 78 Malaysians stranded there. 

“They [the Malaysians] cannot leave Wuhan [currently]. We are in discussions with the Chinese government to bring back our citizens who are not ill, to Malaysia.