The four Croatians who are staying in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus was first detected, will be evacuated soon, the Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Ministry said in a press release on Thursday.

The departure of the four Croatians from Wuhan is being organised by the Croatian foreign and health ministries in cooperation with European partners within the Council of European Union crisis response mechanism.

As soon as they arrive in Europe, the four Croatians will be quarantined, but the press release does not specify the location of their quarantine. It also does not give the exact date of the evacuation or how they will be transported from China to Europe.

So far, there have been 170 deaths related to this virus, and 7,700 people have been diagnosed with this communicable disease.

Apart from China, cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in Australia, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, France, Cambodia, Malaysia, Nepal, South Korea, Singapore, the USA, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Japan.