Instead, the 26-year-old female student and her fellow evacuees panicked when the bus carrying them was attacked by protesters on the way to the quarantine area in the town of Novi Sanzhary, Poltava region, central Ukraine on February 20.

Villagers set up barricades in the middle of the road, burned tires and threw stones at the bus carrying Volok and 71 evacuees, including 45 Ukrainian citizens and 27 foreigners.

Novi Sanzhary residents lit fires and threw stones at police cars on February 20.

`We heard the sound of broken glass and people lying down on the sidewalk,` Volok said over the phone.

Ukraine has not yet recorded any cases of nCoV infection and the government said that all evacuees from Wuhan were health checked before boarding the plane to Ukraine.

National Guard guards the quarantine area in the town of Novi Sanzhary, Poltava region, central Ukraine on February 21.

Volok and the others are currently quarantined at a clinic with Health Minister Zoriana Skaletska, who volunteered to stay here for two weeks to calm public opinion after the violence.

However, Volok emphasized that these were minor problems and that the 72 evacuees were happy and grateful to the police force.

`The fact that this door can’t be closed is just a small thing. We are not here forever, two weeks is not a long time,` she said.

People evacuated from Wuhan eat and exercise in the quarantine area in the town of Novi Sanzhary, Poltava region, central Ukraine on February 21.

Volok has a TV in the room, and is even given a SIM card to make calls.

`Beet salad is a great joy for us,` Volok said.

This female student had been in China for a year and a half, studying Chinese in Beijing and went to Wuhan for the Tet holiday when the Covid-19 epidemic broke out.

Posting a selfie in the room in the quarantine area on Facebook, Minister Skaletska said she will carry out government work via phone and Skype during her two weeks here.

As of the morning of February 22, 30 countries and territories around the world have recorded the Covid-19 epidemic with 77,672 cases of nCoV infection, 2,360 of which died.