India, Jan. 28 -- The Government of India has begun the process to prepare for 'evacuation of Indian nationals' affected by the situation arising out of Novel Coronavirus outbreak in Hubei Province in China.

"We have begun the process to prepare for evacuation of Indian nationals affected by the situation arising out of nCorona-2019 virus outbreak in Hubei Province, China," MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted.He further said: "Our Embassy in Beijing is working out the logistics and is in touch with the Chinese government authorities and our nationals on this matter."

MEA spokesman also said - "We will continue to share updates".

At a high level meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday, it was decided that the governme...