Coronavirus: Foreigners Fleeing China Arrive Germany
German Air Force Airbus A310 “Kurt Schumacher” lands at Frankfurt am Main’s airport, western Germany, with on board German citizens who have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak on February 1, 2020. Thomas Lohnes / AFPA plane carrying German and foreign nationals evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, landed in Germany on Saturday, an AFP reporter said.
The passengers will be examined for symptoms of the virus, which has killed 259 people in China so far, at a specially equipped facility at the airport in Frankfurt. Germany now has seven confirmed cases of the virus, including the first of human-to-human transmission on European soil. The city of 11 million has been subject to an unprecedented lockdown, preventing residents from leaving in a bid to stop the virus from spreading further.
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