The Yan girl had a fever before leaving Wuhan, China but took fever-reducing medicine to bypass the body temperature at the airport and to France.

"I had a fever and a cough before I left, I was scared. I quickly took some medicine and measured my temperature. Luckily, I had a fever and had a smooth journey across the border," the girl wrote. WeChat. It is not known which airport she is traveling to in France and when she arrives. The photos show her at a restaurant in Lyon.

The girl was heavily criticized on social networks in the context of strange pneumonia due to a completely new strain of virus of the Corona family (nCoV) is spreading. The Chinese embassy in France urges citizens to comply with the airport temperature test. "We have received many phone calls and emails from Chinese citizens regarding a woman from Wuhan who posted on social media about deliberately using fever-reducing medicine to bypass the body temperature test at the airport." , the embassy posted the notice on its website on January 23.

"We paid close attention to this and contacted Ms. Yan, who was involved in the case. We asked her to call the French hotline so that the relevant department could handle it."

Meanwhile, French officials say they areolate any passengers with a fever for medical staff to assess their health.

The strange pneumonia, with symptoms of fever, cough, and dyspnea, originates from Wuhan city of 11 million people in Hubei province - the 10th most populous city in China. Wuhan on January 23 banned all aircraft, ships and public cars from leaving the city. The disease killed 25 people, 830 cases globally. Outside of China, the disease has also occurred in Thailand, Japan, Korea, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Vietnam.

Countries with patients infected with Wuhan pneumonia virus. Click on the image to see it in full.