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Escaping the virus lockdown in Wuhan would have torn his family, so he stayed

People wearing masks work at a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 22, 2020, in this still image taken from video. [Reuters]

Kim Min-jun’s elation at news that South Korea would evacuate its citizens from the epicenter of a virus epidemic in China quickly faded when he learned his Chinese wife would be unable to accompany him.

South Korea arranged this week to airlift hundreds of its citizens from Wuhan, which has been the center of an outbreak that has claimed more than 300 lives in China and on Sunday the first victim overseas, in the Philippines.

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