British Airways has extended the cancellation of all its flights to and from mainland China for another month due to the coronavirus.
It originally cancelled flights yesterday and has since said this will continue until February 29.
More than 7,000 have been infected by the virus in China and it has been found in every region of the nation.
It comes as a flight with 200 British citizens has been delayed from returning to the UK from Wuhan, China.
Wuhan, the city in which the first case of coronavirus was recorded, is at the centre of the outbreak. The flight was supposed to return tonight, but has been delayed.
British Airways said said: "We are contacting customers on cancelled flights so we can discuss their travel options, including re-booking onto other carriers where possible, full refunds or booking with BA for a later date of travel.
"Customers can also find the latest information and options on BA.com.
"Safety is at the heart of everything we do and we will keep the situation under review."
It came as Downing Street announced that the UK is working “urgently” with Chinese authorities to ensure citizens in Wuhan can return on a flight “as soon as possible”.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “We are doing everything we can to get British people in Wuhan safely back to the UK.
“A number of countries’ flights have been unable to take off as planned including the British repatriation from Wuhan.
“We are working urgently with the Chinese authorities to ensure that the flight can take off as soon as possible.”
The flight is planned to touch down at a military base in the UK before passengers are taken to an NHS facility to be quarantined.
But the plane has been prevented from leaving China because “we haven’t got the necessary clearances and we are working with the Chinese authorities on securing those”, the spokesman said.
