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Coronavirus: end of quarantine for 122 German nationals repatriated from Wuhan

2020-02-16T17:02:54.752Z



The 122 German nationals placed in quarantine in early February in Germany after their evacuation from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicenter of the epidemic of the new coronavirus, came out of isolation this Sunday, February 16, announced the country's authorities.

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" All those concerned have been able to leave the quarantine zone to join their families, " welcomed German Secretary of State for Health Thomas Gebhart during a press conference. None of them is infected with the covid-19 virus, according to the authorities, which carried out several " all negative " detection tests.

These 122 people were placed in solitary confinement in early February after being repatriated to Germany from the city of Wuhan, China, which witnessed the outbreak of the new coronavirus in December.

Germany, the most affected European country

They stayed, cut off from the world, in a military barracks in the town of Germersheim, in the Rhineland-Palatinate region. " These measures were not easy for the people concerned, but absolutely essential, " added Thomas Gebhart.

Germany is the European country with the most people infected with the new Chinese coronavirus, with 16 cases. For the first time on Saturday, the disease caused a death in Europe, with the death of a Chinese tourist in France.

Read also: Coronavirus: nearly 1,700 dead in China, one death in France, one in Taiwan

More than 68,000 people have been infected worldwide, the vast majority in China, and nearly 1,700 deaths have been attributable to the Covid-19 virus since its appearance in December.

Source: lefigaro

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