A plane of French nationals evacuated from China because of the coronavirus epidemic - Hector RETAMAL / AFP

A second plane of returnees from China was in flight Sunday morning to France, confirmed the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône, without specifying the arrival airport for this flight.

According to a diplomatic source in Brussels, this plane is carrying French and nationals of other nationalities, including nine Belgians, and should go to Belgium after its landing on the military base of Istres, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. The first French returnees who arrived in Istres on Friday have been confined for two days in Carry-le-Rouet, a seaside resort close to Marseille.

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