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- The balance sheet of the epidemic of the new coronavirus, revised by China because of "duplicates", approaches this Friday 1,400 deaths and nearly 64,000 cases of contamination.
- If China concentrates some 99% of cases, the epidemic of Covid-19 keeps the world on the alert, with more than 500 confirmed cases of contamination in about twenty countries.
- While activity in China remains paralyzed, the impact on the world economy continues to grow. The epidemic has already resulted in a "potential reduction of $ 4 billion to $ 5 billion" in revenue for airlines around the world, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Thursday.
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7:55 am: A lot of emotion when leaving the quarantine center
AFP journalists, themselves confined, said that there was a certain emotion when it came to leaving the center and trying to resume a normal life, for the first time since they left Wuhan. Some exchanged kisses saying goodbye.
The day before, they organized a small ceremony to thank the medical and civil security teams as well as the staff members of the center who accompanied them.
With one of them on the keyboard, and another on the guitar, they all gathered outside to sing a song written on the basis of the title "Aline" by Christophe, transformed into "We are going to shout, shout," thank you "For all your help".
7:51 am: The first returnees from China are quarantined in Carry-le-Rouet
Friday at 6:30 am, the first people confined were led by the Red Cross through the airlock of the containment center, a large white tent where they took off their mask and washed their hands with hydroalcoholic gel, found the 'one of the three AFP journalists themselves confined. Some leave on their own, picked up by relatives, while others take place aboard shuttles to stations and airports, whose departures must be staggered in the morning.
In total, 181 people who were confined to Carry-le-Rouet (Bouches-du-Rhône), near Marseille, since January 31, will regain their freedom this Friday, some of them not to be contaminated. They all received a "certificate of non-contagiousness," Red Cross official Marc Zyltman told AFP. "They are people like you and me," he added.
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