Plane carrying Portuguese from coronavirus-hit Wuhan touches down in Lisbon

A military aircraft carrying 17 Portuguese nationals who were in the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan lands at Figo Maduro military airbase in Lisbon, Portugal February 2, 2020. Mario Cruz/Pool via REUTERS

LISBON (Reuters) - A military airplane carrying a group of mostly Portuguese nationals who were stuck in coronavirus-hit Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, touched down in Lisbon late on Sunday.

Portugal's minister of health, Marta Temido, said all 20 evacuees, including two Brazilians, agreed to be kept in isolation for 14 days as a preventive measure, a protocol followed by several other European nations.