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THE ESSENTIAL

  • On Thursday evening, WHO officially declared an international health emergency regarding the coronavirus epidemic.
  • The latest report shows nearly 10,000 people infected and more than 200 dead and dead.
  • Meanwhile, the first French returnees from Wuhan are about to arrive on the Marseille side for two weeks of quarantine.

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11:01 a.m .: Hospitalizations in Korea

Eighteen South Koreans who had just arrived in their country after being evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan were hospitalized because they presented symptoms associated with the new coronavirus, announced on Friday the health authorities of South Korea. The plane chartered by Seoul brought Friday morning 368 South Koreans from this city to the epicenter of an epidemic which worries the international community.

Eighteen of the evacuees were hospitalized in Seoul as a precaution because they were showing symptoms, Deputy Health Minister Kim Gang-lip told reporters.

10.50 a.m .: Brexit ok, coronavirus ok

Two cases of infection with the new coronavirus appeared in China have been confirmed in the United Kingdom, the first for this country, health services announced on Friday.

"We can confirm that two patients in England, members of the same family, have tested positive," said England medical chief Chris Whitty in a statement released by the Department of Health.

10.46 am: You woke up and woke up this morning in an international health emergency, it's still not nothing! So we meet to follow, throughout the day, the latest news of the epidemic.

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