France: Those who return from Wuhan are isolated in a coastal resort in the town of Carry-le-Rouetven, making them most comfortable.

179 people, mostly French citizens and their Chinese spouses, were evacuated from Wuhan to France on February 1 and began a two-week isolation process at the coastal resort in the southeast of the country. .

Twice a day, nurses will measure body temperature and check if the people here have symptoms of pneumonia caused by a new strain of corona virus (nCoV). In addition, they only need to care about how to fully charge the phone and receive clothes that has been laundered.

Their place is an isolated resort located in the middle of a pine forest on the beach, more than three km from the town of Carry-le-Rouet and about 30 km from the port city of Marseille in the Mediterranean. Of course, they must always wear masks.

On the first morning in the quarantine area, some people get up early to catch the dawn, others sit outdoors in pleasant mild temperatures, while others explore inside the resort.

Inside the resort is a volleyball play area for teenagers, an art class for toddlers and a space for adults to relax by a cup of coffee, making this quarantine area more like a resort. time out.

"There are worse places than this," Marc Ziltman, a senior Red Cross official, said with a smile, as the screams of the children rang throughout the quarantine. "But the French government chose to make the quarantined people as comfortable as possible. It must be a pleasant place because everyone will have to live 14 days here," he said.

No one currently in this quarantine area has symptoms of nCoV infection. The medical team caring for them consists of 20 people, including doctors, nurses and psychologists. The French Gendarmerie was on duty to ensure security and the 30 Red Cross volunteers provided logistical support.

On the first day living here, the isolated people sent their laundry, exchanged money, and someone smoked. The quarantine area is full of services to meet the needs of these special guests. "Yesterday they were too tired, this is quite normal," Zyltman said. "They have dinner and go to sleep quietly. Now, life is back on track and it will be good," he added.

Outside the resort, members of the Gendarmerie patrol for security. The parents of a French student isolated in the resort came to send his son a travel bag containing clean clothes, but they were not allowed inside but had to send to the security forces.

The father said his son said the atmosphere here was "quite good". "I think everyone here feels relaxed, in very good condition," he told journalists gathered outside the quarantine area.

The outbreak of acute pneumonia caused by nCoV in Wuhan City, capital of Hubei province, China from December 2019, spread to 31 provinces in China and 25 countries and territories around the world. To date, the disease has killed 427 people and 20,623 people infected, mainly in China.