（中央社記者唐佩君布魯塞爾28日專電）歐洲高度憂心中國武漢肺炎疫情，歐洲聯盟執委會今天啟動公民保護機制安排2架專機，30日首架撤僑專機將從法國出發，初步估計大約先接回在武漢的250名法國公民。
通稱武漢肺炎的「2019新型冠狀病毒」（2019- nCoV）肆虐，迄今在中國已造成逾百人喪生，災情中心的湖北省會武漢23日封城禁止任何人離開，包括美國、日本、英國、德國、法國及西班牙政府則都有意自武漢撤僑。
歐盟今天表示啟動公民保護機制，透過協調安排2架飛機接回在武漢的歐盟公民回歐洲，首架飛機預定30日從法國出發，初步估計大約有250名法國公民搭乘首班專機回國，其餘會員國100多名歐盟公民則搭乘第2班飛機，以後視需求也可能再安排專機。
在目前階段，只有健康或無症狀的歐盟公民才能搭撤僑專機。歐盟緊急協調中心將與會員國政府保持聯繫，安排抵達歐洲的時間及隨後隔離所需。
法國衛生部長布辛（Agnes Buzyn）先前說明，撤僑行動將會有專屬醫療團隊隨行以便監控，僑民回國必須隔離14日。
歐盟危機管理執委雷納希克（Janez Lenarcic）表示，安排撤僑專機是隨著疫情加劇及應法國要求，歐盟不會忘記世界上任何地方需要幫忙的公民，緊急協調機制將全天候工作，並與會員國保持聯繫，如果需要會投入更多支持。
歐盟將資助這次撤僑專機的運輸費用。
世界衛生組織（WHO）秘書長譚德塞（Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus）今天上午才在北京與中國領導人習近平會面，中國媒體報導WHO認為沒有必要從武漢市撤僑，但歐盟下午隨即啟動撤僑機制，顯然國際有其不同專業判斷並存在高度憂心。
WHO今晚另發布訊息表示，北京當局已同意派遣國際專家至中國，將增進WHO對2019新型冠狀病毒了解，及指導全球對此一疫情的回應。（編輯：陳政一）
Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy has said Indonesian citizens currently residing in Hubei province in China – the epicenter of the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak – do not need to be evacuated just yet.
“The government has prepared for evacuation if it is really necessary. For now the evacuation scheme is not being carried out as it is not yet considered necessary,” Muhadjir said after a joint meeting on the coronavirus at his office on Tuesday.
Muhadjir’s statement comes as other countries prepare to evacuate their citizens from Wuhan, which is currently under lockdown.
The Straits Times reported on Tuesday that Japanese and American nationals could be flown out of the city as soon as Tuesday while the French government has confirmed that its citizens will be evacuated by midweek.
According to the Foreign Ministry, 243 Indonesians are currently in Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei province – the majority of whom are students. Several Indonesian students there have already expressed their desire to return home.
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said that evacuation of the Indonesians remained an “open option” but that it would not be easy because the area was under strict lockdown.
“We have to speak to the Chinese authorities because there are a lot of regulations,” she said after the meeting on Tuesday.
She added, however, that the ministry had already made preparations for a possible evacuation including the route they would take as well as the quarantine procedures both before departure and after arrival in Indonesia.
She also said that the ministry was making arrangements to send food and other logistics to the quarantined Indonesians as many stores in Hubei have closed following the outbreak.
Retno also confirmed that, as of Tuesday none of the Indonesians in the region were suspected of having contracted the virus.
“It’s normal for [the Indonesians] to be anxious, so we are regularly communicating with them and ensuring that their daily needs are met,” she said.