As the first group of Australian citizens and permanent residents was evacuated out of the coronavirus epicentre in Wuhan, China, to Christmas Island , one Australian shared an account of his difficulties trying to secure a spot on that flight.

In a public post he shared Monday on Facebook , Daniel Ou Yang said he was still in Wuhan preparing for a flight to New Zealand and claimed that Australian authorities were keeping us in the dark about evacuations to the Christmas Island facility where evacuees are being quarantined 1,500 km from the Australian mainland.