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  • The number of deaths caused in mainland China by the new coronavirus approaches 1,700 this Sunday, while a first death outside Asia was reported Saturday in France.
  • It is only the fourth death of the epidemic recorded outside of China: one in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory of Hong Kong, one in Japan, one in the Philippines and one in France therefore.
  • The impact on the global 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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10:00 am: End of quarantine for a second group of returnees from Wuhan in France

After 14 days of quarantine near Marseilles, some 120 people evacuated from Wuhan in China began to recover their freedom this 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, which 181 people had already left on Friday.

Around 7:00 am, a shuttle left the center, found an AFP journalist, 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.

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