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'Every day it got worse': Evacuee describes Wuhan lockdown

The English teacher now faces two weeks in quarantine in Wirral after evacuation from the Chinese city

A English teacher who has lived in Wuhan for the last four years described his long journey back to the UK after being evacuated on Friday.

Speaking from his room at Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, where he and 82 other Britons will be quarantined for two weeks in NHS staff accommodation, he said he was “very tired” after a 30 hour journey but grateful to have been evacuated.

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