The first French repatriation flight from Wuhan, where the coronavirus caused more than a hundred deaths, will land on national territory on Friday. Potentially, 500 to 1,000 French people are present in the Chinese megalopolis. Japan, for its part, has already sent an apparatus to recover 200 of its nationals and bring aid supplies such as masks and protective suits for medical personnel.
As for nationals of France, "not everyone wants to return to France," said Agnès Buzyn, the Minister of Health, on Tuesday. The number of French people identified by Ariane, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where we can record trips and occasional missions outside our borders, is 500, "but we estimate that there are potentially 500 more people on place, "she added.
As of Saturday, PSA announced that it had decided to repatriate its expatriate employees and their families located in the region where there is a factory of the French manufacturer. "The measure concerns 38 people in total," the group said in a statement.
#GroupePSA has decided to repatriate its expatriates and their families living in the Wuhan region and has implemented the appropriate measures in full coordination with the Chinese authorities and the French consulate general. #coronarovirus pic.twitter.com/hlb7f2U1UV
- PSA Group (@GroupePSA) January 25, 2020A first plane Thursday in Wuhan
A plane will land "Thursday afternoon in Wuhan" and "should be back in France probably Friday, I cannot know if it is Friday evening, Friday night or Saturday morning", said Agnès Buzyn during his greetings to the press.
Departure candidates will be examined by medical teams at Wuhan Airport. "There is a protocol that is put in place with medical professionals to sort out those who are symptomatic, fever or respiratory distress for example, and those who are not", explained Jean -Baptiste Djebbari, the secretary of state for transport on CNews.
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari on the repatriation of the French from Wuhan: "A first flight will leave tomorrow" #LaMatinale pic.twitter.com/Zkxfye05tF
- CNEWS (@CNEWS) January 28, 2020This first flight must bring back "people who do not have symptoms". A "second flight, the dates of which are to be determined", will then repatriate "people possibly carrying the virus. "
A place of reception for nationals in Île-de-France
Upon arrival in France, returnees - even if they do not show symptoms - will be grouped in a place where they will have to remain in solitary confinement for 14 days, the maximum estimated duration of incubation for the disease. A precautionary measure to ensure that they have not been infected with the virus. Before leaving China, nationals will have to sign a paper to commit to respecting this rule.
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"We have identified a place of reception in the Paris region," said the Minister of Health, according to which it should "not be too far from hospitals. Those who show symptoms will be immediately medicalized upon their arrival in Paris, said Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari on the coronavirus: "Strong measures have been taken" #LaMatinale pic.twitter.com/NSzQFssZSd
- CNEWS (@CNEWS) January 28, 2020VIDEO. Chinese virus in France: symptoms and prevention
A coronavirus information site has been in place since January 25. It makes it possible to follow the evolution of the situation, the measures taken and the health recommendations.
#CORONAVIRUSFRANCE: the @gouvernementFR sets up a website to inform you about the evolution of the situation, the measures taken by the authorities and the health recommendations to follow: https://t.co/UbOoCIFr52
- Agnès Buzyn (@agnesbuzyn) January 25, 2020
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