COVID-19 pandemic

=== Repatriation of foreign citizens ===
{{Main|Evacuations related to the COVID-19 pandemic}}
[[File:Ukraine evacuates Ukrainian and foreign citizens from Wuhan 16.jpg|thumb|Ukraine evacuates Ukrainian citizens from [[Wuhan]], China.]]
Several countries repatriated their citizens and diplomatic staff from Wuhan and surrounding areas, primarily through [[Air charter|charter flights]]. Canada, the United States, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, France, Argentina, Germany and Thailand were among the first to do so.<ref name="AutoDW-169" /> Brazil and New Zealand evacuated their own nationals and others.<ref name="AutoDW-171" /><ref name="6l9jG" /> On 14 March, South Africa repatriated 112 South Africans who tested negative, while four who showed symptoms were left behind.<ref name="auto3">{{#invoke:cite web || url=https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/repatriated-citizens-be-reunited-families |title=Repatriated citizens to be reunited with families |website=SANews.gov.zanews24.com |date=29 March 2020 |access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref> Pakistan declined to evacuate its citizens.<ref name="20200131dialoguepakistan" />

On 15 February, the US announced it would evacuate Americans aboard the [[Diamond Princess outbreak|''Diamond Princess'']] cruise ship,<ref name="AutoDW-174" /> and on 21 February, Canada evacuated 129 Canadians from the ship.<ref name="AutoDW-175" /> In early March, the Indian government began repatriating its citizens from Iran.<ref name="czjOG" /><ref name="indiatimes74647353">{{#invoke:cite news ||url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/4th-batch-of-53-indians-evacuated-from-iran-s-jaishankar/articleshow/74647353.cms |title=4th batch of 53 Indians evacuated from Iran: S Jaishankar |date=16 March 2020 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> On 20 March, the United States began to withdraw some troops from Iraq.<ref name="USWithdraw">{{#invoke:cite web || url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/488618-us-led-coalition-in-iraq-drawing-down-over-coronavirus-concerns |title=US-led coalition in Iraq drawing down over coronavirus concerns |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=20 March 2020 | vauthors = Kheel R |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>