Fearing infection, residents protest coronavirus evacuees landing in Ukraine

A view through a fence shows emergency service members wearing protective suits near an aircraft transporting Ukrainians and other nationals, who were evacuated from China hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, shortly after landing at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kiev, Ukraine February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Residents in central Ukraine protested the arrival of a plane carrying evacuees from China's Hubei province on Thursday, fearing they could be infected with the coronavirus despite authorities insisting there was no danger.

Protesters from the village of Novi Sanzhary blocked the road leading to a sanatorium where the evacuees are due to be held in quarantine for at least two weeks to make sure they were not carrying the virus.