Negative coronavirus tests on some of those repatriated to France - minister


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  • Monday, 03 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: Adrien Taquet, La Republique En Marche (LREM) member of the parliament, speaks during a questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

PARIS (Reuters) - Initial tests carried out on around 20 people who were repatriated to France from China presented negative results for coronavirus, French junior health minister Adrien Taquet told BFM TV on Monday.

More than 250 people from 30 countries arrived in France on Sunday after being flown out of the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has been the centre of an outbreak of a new coronavirus.

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