They are all fine. It's good news. "The tests made on the 182 people repatriated from Wuhan taken care of in the accommodation center of Carry-le-Rouet (Bouches-du-Rhône) are all negative", one specifies Sunday in the entourage of Adrien Taquet, the Secretary of State responsible for child protection, to the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn.
In this center, usually devoted to holidays, in a magnificent setting by the sea, the French repatriated Friday from the Chinese city in the heart of the coronavirus epidemic can devote themselves to fun activities, such as volleyball, to try to pass the time during the fourteen long days that their quarantine must last.
It is Adrien Taquet who was to welcome the returnees on Sunday February 2 in a second flight, coming from Wuhan in China, and who is to land this afternoon on the base of Istres (Bouches-du-Rhône). This second group will be hosted at the National School of Firefighters in Aix-en-Provence.
"There is no danger"
The entourage of the Secretary of State justifies the choice of Marseille, as a central element of the state system, which could have raised the questioning of certain elected officials, such as Maryse Joissains-Masini, mayor of Aix-en-Provence . “The choice of Bouches-du-Rhône was made because it met certain criteria which had been laid down. You had to be close to an airport that could accommodate an A380, close to a referral hospital, and have a center with a large reception capacity. Marseille and its surroundings had these advantages ”, we are told.
“Everything is going very well in Carry-le-Rouet. It was therefore decided to continue in the same sector, with the Aix fire school ”. Asked to know if another city, such as Paris or Lyon, could not have also done the deal, the entourage of the Secretary of State said that "the Bouches-du-Rhône had many advantages. To reassure the population, it must also be made clear that there is no danger. Everything is in place for the protection of people. There is no reason to think that we took a risk with anyone ”.