Irish teacher Ben Kavanagh has been evacuated from Wuhan and has landed in the United Kingdom.
He documents his flight from China, as well as his police-escorted bus ride to Merseyside, where UK nationals face two weeks of quarantine.
We will continue to keep you updated about how Ben is doing in the coming days. Leave any questions for him in the comments.
You can watch his other video diaries for Channel 4 News here:
Inside Wuhan: Daily life in China’s coronavirus quarantine zone:
Inside Wuhan: Cooking and celebrating birthday in Coronavirus lockdown:
Inside Wuhan: Evacuation plans and apartment tour from Coronavirus quarantine:
Inside Wuhan: Ben travels to airport for evacuation from coronavirus epicentre:
Inside Wuhan: Q&A from China Coronavirus lockdown:
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So weird looking back on all this. All those precautions yet nearly everybody got it anyway.
Who is here after he got tested positive today?
Where are you now, Ben? Wuhan is now the world safest city again …
Glad to see youโre doing okay Ben
It must have been so surreal to be on a plane like that, then put on a coach with a police escort, all the way to quarantine.
Little did he know, his entire continent would be the new epicenter of the virus…
What bad luck๏ผWuhan is safe now๏ผbut the UK…….
Thank you! Ben Hope God bless you !Father God is Alway And For Ever with You BELIEVE IN FATHER GOD ALMIGHTY HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU! Believe it Alway and forever ๐นโจAmenโจ๐น
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His yt is Ben's 9 lifes
Check out his YouTube channel Benโs nine lives.
How are you doing Ben ?? Keep us updated!
Thank you for sharing Ben. Very Informative on how this crisis is being dealt with. If it weren't for CNN we would even less Information. So this helps.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-first-brit-who-caught-21418662
I hate to mention this. He wear the mask upside down.
Damn ur so hot
I donโt like travel to Far East because of long flight……however now the virus and I wonโt vacation at all till itโs over
If he was in Wuhan when the big virus break out came. They should NOT let him go to another country. No one else that are thinking about this? When the cruise ship from china is stopped because of virus out break, and no one can travel from the cruise ship. It should not be okey to transfer another person from Wuhan to another country, at this point.
He can have the virus whit him without knowing it!
This is so stupid!
My luck I'd get back home and someone would sneeze on me
How nice of the govt to provide you a two week holiday at home
Well, at least if you get sick you will have good care in England! … their not getting it in China!
Happy you got out…keep us abreast on how you are doing…much love… take care๐
I was a bit worried when I watched his first video where he was talking about corona virus and saying he wasn't worried and going out in the city and to the shop.He was putting himself at high risk.
My experience in beijing during corona virus outbreak https://youtu.be/9GA7dN-Mn5U
I was on a flight where we had someone having convulsions and they were redirecting the flight to quarantine and a doctor on board figured out the Guy was drug mule and a balloon broke…. wait never mind that was an Episode of House
They shouldn't be letting foreigners leave China and break quarantine. Getting on a jet is how the disease spread out of China. It may sound ruthless and cold but that's how epidemics are contained. Not a fan of the US Govenment sending planes there to pick up people. When you travel to work and live in a foreign nation, the diseases you encounter there are an assumed risk.
Was the ticket free??
Update us on Ben PLEASE. Let us know when he's safe at home. From Quarantine.
why all people wont to come uk u really want to spread it bxcxxx
I love the weather in UK
Hello Ben, you are a strong person full of hope, it gives encouragement to others. God Bless You!
Freedom for Ben! Question is, "Is that mask an N95 or N99"? I thought any other mask was useless. We have people in my retail store buying ALL the masks here in USA even though not N95 not N99. Happy travels!
Wish he wore his googles, gloves and his other mask. His videos have been good, I wonder how he is doing now and if anyone has started to show any signs yet??