Twenty passengers from the returnee plane arriving in France on Sunday from China remained at the airport awaiting a test because they show symptoms of contamination with the new coronavirus, the Minister of Health announced on Sunday. Health Agnès Buzyn. "About twenty people who presented symptoms remained on the tarmac" in Istres (Bouches-du-Rhône) "under the supervision of military doctors the time to have a test," she said during a press conference in Paris. They are both “French and non-European” nationals.
No new cases found in France
"Depending on the result of the test, they will either be hospitalized if the test is positive, or will be able to reach the center of Carry-le-Rouet or the center of Aix-en-Provence", the two places of quarantine chosen by the authorities to welcome returnees. Results are expected "in the evening".
The minister also announced that no new cases had been diagnosed during the weekend on French soil. The balance sheet therefore remains of six infected people, one of whom is still in intensive care.
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