A group of South Koreans living in East Timor are heading home on a special chartered plane amid the COVID-19 outbreak. 

The South Korean Embassy in the Southeast Asian country said a Pan Pacific Airlines flight carrying 50 people, including 10 South Koreans, left the capital city of Dili at 1 p.m. on Monday. 

With 35 Filipinos, four Japanese and one American also on board, the plane was scheduled to arrive in Manila later in the day. The South Koreans will then transfer to a Korean Air flight on Monday night and arrive in Incheon International Airport on Tuesday morning. 

East Timor has been in a national lockdown since late March to contain the spread of the virus.