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Humanitarian charter flight from Guam arrives in Taiwan
01/11/2021 06:53 PM
CNA photo Jan. 11, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 11 (CNA) A humanitarian charter flight flew to Taiwan on Monday with 47 passengers who either needed medical care or were stranded on the islands of Guam and Saipan because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The flight, operated by China Airlines, one of Taiwan s largest carriers, landed at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at 5:25 p.m., nearly four hours after it left Guam at 1:30 p.m. (Taipei time).
Among the passengers, five Guamanian patients and four of their family members were being flown to Taiwan under a special program for people who were ill and unable to leave Guam to get treatment because of the pandemic, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center.