Yesterday, the United States and Japan evacuated hundreds of their nationals from Wuhan, the epicenter of the spread of the new Corona virus in central China, and exceeded the number of HIV infections, and the SARS epidemic. To 132 deaths, and 5974 infections, and this number exceeded the number of infections when the SARS (acute respiratory syndrome) virus spread, which infected 5327 people in 2002 and 2003 and led to the deaths of 774 people worldwide, including 349 in China.
A Japanese plane transporting about 200 Japanese citizens from Wuhan landed in Tokyo yesterday, and the Japanese authorities do not intend to impose a quarantine on citizens returning from Yuan, but only asks them to unnecessary their homes for two weeks, while the United States announced that a plane took off with about 200 people on board From her consulate staff in Wuhan and other American citizens.
Paris announced that a plane will land today in Wuhan to return the first batch of French nationals, and Health Minister Anis Bouzin said that the returnees will be subject to 14 days of quarantine upon their return.
The European Commission stated that a second French plane will take off later in the week, and the two planes together will be able to return at least 350 Europeans.
The United States and Japan evacuate hundreds of their nationals from Wuhan.