by Jeremy Harris
(KUTV) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in the process of repatriating thousands of missionaries as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Several hundred missionaries who were in Africa returned to the United States on two chartered Ethiopian Airlines flights to Salt Lake City Tuesday and Wednesday, church officials confirmed to 2News.
Both planes are scheduled to depart Utah and return to Africa in the next 24 hours.
The Church has ordered missionaries from around the globe to return to their home countries – some will be reassigned to different areas and others will be released from missionary service early.
Earlier in the week, approximately 1,600 missionaries returned to the United States from the Philippines on charted Delta Airlines flights.
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