Taxi drivers in protective suits are seen in front of a residential area, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus and the city’s lockdown, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 28, 2020. Malaysian Ambassador to China, Raja Datuk Nushirwan Zainal Abidin said a team of six embassy officers was assigned to collect and update the list of Malaysians in Wuhan. — China Daily pic via Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — The Malaysian Embassy in Beijing today sent an advance team to Wuhan to coordinate and assist in the process of bringing back 120 Malaysians in Hubei province following the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus in that country.