Mask-wearing passengers wait to board their flight at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Labu, Malaysia Jan 26, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Tim Chong)

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will send a flight to Wuhan to bring home 132 people, including Malaysians and their spouses, from the virus epicentre on Monday (Feb 3) following the coronavirus outbreak there.

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said that, subject to the approval of the Chinese government, only those who have been certified healthy after undergoing health screening at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport will be flown home.