Reportedly twenty-one indian students, who had been stranded inside the Kunming airport in china for the past three days following the coronavirus outbreak, on friday morning boarded flight to get back to India. Meanwhile the students are expected to reach india on friday night. All students belong to Dalian Medical university in the Dalian Liaoning province in China. Out of the 21 students, 20 are from kerala and one hails from Tamilnadu. 

 

Furthermore according to the family members of the students, they had reached the Kunming airport from Dalian Liaoning on tuesday and were to fly out to Singapore. But they were left stranded after the singapore government announced that they will not allow foreign nationals to board their airlines. Karthika, the sister of a kollam native student told “They had booked tickets to singapore and from there to india as there were no direct flights. But on tuesday, when they were in the airport, the airline officials said that only singapore nationals will be allowed to board the flight".

 

Moreover the students were stranded in the airport as they had also been informed by the university officials that they cannot return to the hostel once they leave from there. Family members say that following the coronavirus outbreak, students were asked by the university to stay inside their hostels. Perhaps with the help of officials from Non-Residents Keralites Affair (NORKA), the students were allowed to stay inside a coffee shop in the airport for the past three days. Apparently it was only after families of the students got in touch with officials from the Ministry of External Affairs that measures were taken to get the students booked on a flight to Bangkok.

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