A Flixbus passenger from Milan stranded at the Lyon Perrache bus station this Monday morning is accompanied by the emergency services. - Jérémy Laugier / 20 Minutes

The alert was apparently given by bus passengers alarmed by the strong cough of their driver. Since 7:30 am on Monday, the passengers of a bus from Milan (Italy) have been confined to the Perrache bus station in Lyon, due to a suspicion of coronavirus.

Passengers of the Flixbus coming from Milan, blocked in the Lyon Perrache station since this morning because of a suspicion of cases of coronavirus, leave gradually. @ 20Minutes #coronavirus #Lyon pic.twitter.com/ZqszBoyFU0

- Jérémy Laugier (@JeremyLaugier) February 24, 2020

Police went there after the alert was given by bus passengers and alerted a team from the Samu and the regional health agency to set up the adapted device, according to Lyon Mag. A security perimeter was installed by the police around the Flixbus coach, which left from Milan and which stopped in Turin and Grenoble before reaching Lyon, noted a 20-minute journalist .

Photo of a Flixbus coach, here at the Lyon Perrache station on Monday. - Jérémy Laugier / 20 Minutes

The 18 people boarding in Lyon were very rarely able to leave the coach

At 12:30 p.m. , part of the passengers remained confined to one of the rooms of the Perrache exchange center, but a majority had been able to leave the premises. "Eighteen people who had just boarded the bus in Lyon to join Clermont-Ferrand were authorized to exit quickly," said a mobilized fire safety officer. Passengers from Italy were detained for several hours.

#coronavirus #lyon currently a bus from Milan blocked at Lyon perrache station for suspected cases of virus pic.twitter.com/iiyY2dCQi5

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The driver and a passenger who also had influenza-like illness were said to have been hospitalized in Lyon to detect or confirm contamination by the coronavirus. Contacted by 20 Minutes, the ARS did not wish to give more information for the time being. "We are there to assess the situation and make the best decisions," said one of the spokesmen for the health agency, anxious to avoid "any panic".

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