French returnee from Wuhan leaves the Carry-le-Rouet holiday center where he was placed in quarantine - Hector Rampal / AFP

After 14 days of quarantine near Marseilles, some 120 people evacuated from Wuhan in China began to be released on Sunday, with the relief of not being contaminated by the new coronavirus. It is the second wave of returnees in France to be able to leave the Carry-le-Rouet holiday center in Bouches-du-Rhône, which 181 people had already left on Friday.

Around 7 a.m., a shuttle left the center, and others were to follow it in the morning. In total, 44 people must leave Carry-le-Rouet, according to the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône. They arrived on February 2 in France.

In their plane, 78 other returnees - 19 French and 59 nationals of other countries - had been placed in quarantine in a training center for firefighters in Aix-en-Provence (Ensosp), about thirty kilometers from Marseille. They also had to leave their quarantine site on Sunday. On the other hand, 35 other people who arrived via London on February 9 will remain confined until February 23 in Aix-en-Provence.

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