China says in close contact with New Zealand over two citizens injured in volcanic eruption

Record ID: 1447517

  • Title: China says in close contact with New Zealand over two citizens injured in volcanic eruption
  • Date: 10th December 2019
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (DECEMBER 10, 2019) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING ARRIVING AT DAILY NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN, HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "From what we have known, there are two Chinese citizens who were injured in the incident confirmed by the Chinese embassy in New Zealand. After what had happened, the Chinese embassy in New Zealand immediately launched an emergency response mechanism and tried to confirm the situations of the two injured with multiple sides and sent people to hospital to visit the injured. Our embassy also published notice on their website to remind Chinese citizens in New Zealand of taking precautions against impact brought by the natural disasters. We will continue to keep close communication with the New Zealand side. We hope the New Zealand side will do their best to save and cure the injured people and search for the missing." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 24th December 2019 10:01
  • Keywords: Chinese injured New Zealand volcano eruption Whakaari White Island foreign ministry hua chunying natural disaster
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B9E5PVR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China said on Tuesday (December 10) that two of its citizens were injured by a volcanic eruption in New Zealand, and it is in close communication with Wellington over their wellbeing.
    Fearing the volcano could erupt again, search parties were unable to set foot on New Zealand's White Island for eight people still missing on Tuesday, after an eruption a day earlier killed at least five and injured more than 30.
    Police said 47 people were on the uninhabited island, a popular sightseeing excursion for tourists, at the time of the eruption.
    Twenty-four came from Australia, nine from the United States, five from New Zealand, four from Germany, two each from China and the Britain and one from Malaysia.
    New Zealand police said 47 people were on the uninhabited island at the time of the eruption - 24 from Australia, nine from the United States, five from New Zealand, four from Germany, two each from China and the UK and one from Malaysia.
    (Production: Wang Shubing, Fang Nanlin)
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