This is the latest travel advice as Brits returning from China are quarantined

The UK government is to chart a final flight to bring back British nationals still in coronavirus-hit Wuhan on Sunday (9 Feb).

British travellers who are in mainland China have been urged to leave if they can, after the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) amended its travel advice on Tuesday (4 Feb), advising against all travel to Hubei Province due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Brits advised against all travel

The plane is expected to leave in the early hours of Sunday morning (9 Feb) local time and will land at RAF Brize Norton, the Foreign Office said.

The FCO added that they want to ensure that all British nationals in Hubei province contact their team to register if they want to leave on the flight.

It is understood that 165 Britons and their dependants still remain in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, while a further 108 people have requested assistance to leave as of the early hours of Wednesday (5 Feb).

The FCO updated its travel advice after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he expects more cases to be diagnosed in the UK.

The death toll from coronavirus in China has now reached 490, with one more fatality having been recorded in the Philippines.

A further 3,887 new cases have also recently been confirmed by China’s Health Commission, taking the total number of cases in the country to 24,234.

Brits have been urged tourists against all but essential travel to the rest of mainland China, not including Hong Kong and Macao.

The British Consulates-General in Wuhan and Chongqing are currently closed. Brits who are in China and able to leave are now being urged to do so.