After 14 days of quarantine near Marseilles, some 120 people evacuated from Wuhan in China and arrived on February 2 in France began to recover their freedom this Sunday February 16 in the morning, provided with a certificate of "non-contagiousness", a found an AFP journalist. None of them tested positive for coronavirus during this quarantine period, said the Regional Health Agency during the week. Around 7:00 a.m., a shuttle left the center, and others should follow it in the morning.
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It is the second wave of returnees in France to be able to leave the Carry-le-Rouet holiday center, which 181 people had already been able to leave on Friday 14 February. 44 people were indeed still confined until Sunday, February 16 in the holiday center of Carry-le-Rouet, and 78 others at the National School of Firemen (Ensosp) in Aix-en-Provence.
These 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. 35 other people who arrived via London on February 9 with a third flight to the Ensosp site will also remain confined until February 23 in Aix-en-Provence.
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After the departures on this Sunday, February 16, the Carry-le-Rouet holiday center requisitioned for this confinement period will be empty. " Nobody was sick finally, so, yes, we will clean and apply the disinfection procedures but as on arrival, no more, " said Marc Zyltman, chief of the Red Cross organization.
The returnees who could not leave the centers on their own were transported by bus to the Saint-Charles station in Marseille or the Marseille-Provence airport with shuttles, which should run until after- noon, said the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône.