France said on Sunday it expected to evacuate hundreds of its citizens from the Wuhan area in China, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak. "French citizens will be repatriated by airplane to France, with the agreement of Chinese authorities. France expects to repatriate up to a few hundred of its 800 citizens living in the Wuhan area. Buzyn rejected the need for temperature screening of airline passengers from China. "Proof is that the three patients with confirmed coronavirus in France would not have been spotted with a temperature scan.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 26, 2020 20:48 UTC