The last passengers left the city of Wuhan filled with anxiety and fear of pneumonia, many people do not know when to return.
"All shops are closed and almost no one appears on the street. All the people are wearing masks. Buses and subways have stopped working completely," Minoru Okada, Japanese businessman, today. said after landing at Narita airport in Tokyo.
Okada was one of the passengers on the last flight leaving Wuhan, China after local authorities ordered the suspension of train and air travel to and from the city. This is an attempt to control the spread of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new corona virus (nCoV), which has infected hundreds of people and killed 17.
"I would have returned to Wuhan after the Chinese New Year holiday, but now I don't know if I can get it done," Okada said, adding that he was worried about his friends who were staying in the city.
Kazuyuki Kamei, a 60-year-old businessman, said he had been in Wuhan for the past three weeks to serve the job. "I need to go back there next month, but I don't know if this is still possible," he said.
The Kamei family is worried about his health, especially when the Japanese businessman has lived in the epidemic center for quite a long time. However, he asserted that the management company provided instructions on ensuring personal hygiene and avoiding infectious diseases. "We are very careful. I have prepared many masks," Kamei said.
"It seems that I was on the last flight to leave Wuhan. I am very worried," an unnamed Japanese passenger revealed.
Meanwhile, passengers traveling to Sydney meet biosecurity experts after leaving the plane. They were informed about the symptoms of the nCoV virus, as well as receiving leaflets explaining how to respond when signs of infection were detected.
"They recommend wearing a mask. Everyone has done this before, including pilots and flight attendants also wear masks," recalls Kevin Ouyang, 40-year-old Australian businessman.
Australian Health Minister Brendan Murphy announced there were no sick people on the flight, but advised passengers to continue to monitor symptoms to prevent incubation.
Wuhan, a city of 11 million people in Hubei Province, central China, is the site of the outbreak of nCoV pneumonia. The disease has spread to many other populous cities in China and to the United States, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. Some countries such as the United Kingdom and Singapore tighten check on passengers on flights from China. Beijing on January 20 confirmed that the virus could be transmitted from person to person.