Even before their opening, the threat of a coronavirus loomed over the Wuhan Military Games, Olympic Games reserved for athletes from the armed forces of many countries. Doctors and officials are on alert at Tianhe Airport on September 18: a passenger who just landed in the capital of Hubei is showing suspicious symptoms. He is immediately examined, and evacuated to a hospital, where the worrying diagnosis falls. Humans have a mysterious new type of coronavirus. Mission accomplished.
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Thanks to rapid intervention, the feared epidemic will not take place, and the World Military Games bringing together 10,000 athletes from a hundred countries will be able to take place without incident, the following month. This rescue operation took place in full size, but it was only a staging on the eve of this sporting event. It is part of the scenarios of an "emergency response exercise" organized by the Wuhan customs service and the organizers of the games.
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