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Coronavirus: the last French of Wuhan cling until the end of the blockade

2020-02-26T18:45:24.566Z


TESTIMONIALS - Professional imperatives and sentimental commitments with Chinese spouses have pushed a few dozen "diehards" to stay in the city cut off from the world.


Correspondent in Beijing

Every day, Frédéric Briand paces in his residence, like a lion in a cage. And sometimes, he watches for the call of a generous neighbor, sending him bags of food beyond the palisade which holds him prisoner, in the heart of Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic of coronavirus which makes us tremble today the planet. Through the fencing, the two men exchange a few packets and comforting words to break the monotony of the days, and plates. “Some families who have returned to France have generously offered to serve them in their freezers. Me, I am the only French in my residence but my neighbor passes me products because we do not have the right to leave the residence ", explains this professional of the automobile sector remained faithful to the post in the city under blockade for more d 'a month. "I dream of a steak in a restaurant!" says he.

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