A plane carrying Britons and other nationals flown out of China's Wuhan has landed at a military base in Oxfordshire.
Eighty-three Britons were on board the Wamos Air Boeing 747, which touched down at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Brize Norton.
The plane will later fly to Spain with the remaining 27 passengers who are all non-UK nationals.
All British passengers will be taken by bus to Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral to be quarantined for two weeks. They will be housed in an NHS staff accommodation block with access to the internet.
The flight lands as two people in the UK have become the first patients to test positive for coronavirus in England.
The two cases are being treated at Newcastle's infectious diseases unit. Their details have not been released but it is understood they do not pose a risk to the rest of the UK.
Anyone on the flight with suspicious symptoms will be taken to the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital, which has a high-level infectious diseases unit.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a tweet: "A @foreignoffice plane has landed after evacuating UK and EU nationals from Wuhan. Thanks to FCO staff working around the clock in the UK and China to get them home.
"Safety and security of UK nationals is our priority and we will keep working hard to provide help and support," he added.
Professor Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, advised anyone coming into the UK from anywhere in China should "self-isolate" for 14 days.
"The two cases coming in today do not increase the risk to the UK," he said. "The risk comes from the situation in China going out of control despite best efforts by the Chinese government and spreading more widely. So, that is the thing for which we are planning, that is the risk."
The outbreak will be discussed during a cabinet meeting on Friday, said Boris Johnson's spokesman.
He said: "The NHS is extremely well-prepared and used to managing infections and we are already working rapidly to identify any contacts the patient has had.
"We will work with international partners on further assistance for those who remain in (China's) Hubei province.
"We are confident we have the resources in place to return any British nationals who need assistance."
The death toll reached 213 in China as of Friday morning, with 9,692 confirmed cases being treated. Most of the cases are in the Hubei province and its provincial capital of Wuhan, where the first illnesses were detected in December. No deaths have been reported outside of China.
Additional reporting by agencies
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