This Sunday morning, a second group of people placed in quarantine will leave the holiday center of Carry-le-Rouet (Bouches-du-Rhône) where they had been installed after being repatriated from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the epidemic of new coronavirus.
At 7.15 a.m., a shuttle left the center, journalists from AFP and France 3 noted. Others were to follow it in the morning. In total, 44 people must leave Carry-le-Rouet, according to the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône. They arrived on February 2 in France.
In their plane, 78 other returnees - 19 French and 59 nationals of other countries - had been placed in quarantine in a training center for firefighters in Aix-en-Provence (Ensosp), about thirty kilometers from Marseille. They also had to leave their quarantine site on Sunday.
On the other hand, 35 other people who arrived via London on February 9 will remain confined until February 23 in Aix-en-Provence.
"Nobody was sick after all"
As of Friday, 181 people have already left the Carry vacation center. This Sunday evening, the premises will be empty. "Nobody was sick after all. We will clean and apply the disinfection procedures but as on arrival, no more, "said Marc Zyltman, chief of the Red Cross organization.
Free to find their relatives, these returnees are however unable to return to China. For the moment, the whole province of Hubei is forbidden access. And if they passed through Beijing, they would have to impose a further 14-day sidelining, like anyone arriving from abroad, or face heavy sanctions.