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2020.02.10 05:06 GMT+8

Brazil, British evacuated from Wuhan, China as outbreak continues

Updated 2020.02.10 05:06 GMT+8
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Soldiers wear protective suits during the arrival of Brazilians repatriated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus, at the Annapolis Air Force Base, in Anapolis city, Goias state, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Dozens of Brazilians landed early Sunday morning at the airbase in the Brazilian state of Goias, where they will spend the next 18 days in quarantine. (AP Photo/Beto Barata)

Thirty-four Brazilians who were evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicenter of the coronavirus landed in Brazil on Sunday, Reuter's reports.  They will spend 18 days in quarantine. 

Brazil's defense ministry said all the passengers arrived without any signs or symptoms of the virus.  According to the Ministry of Health data released Friday, Brazil has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

Passengers wearing face masks are seen aboard a convoy of coaches carrying British nationals evacuated from Wuhan in China amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, as it arrives at Kents Hill Park conference centre and hotel in Milton Keynes, north of London on February 9, 2020, where they will be kept in isolation and monitored for 2019-nCoV strain of the virus. (ISABEL INFANTES / AFP)

Meanwhile, Britain's final flight evacuation from Wuhan landed at a Royal Air Force base in Central England with more the 200 people on board, including a number of non-British nationals.

Britain's foreign minister said the chartered civilian aircraft also included staff that facilitated the flights as well as medics. They will be quarantined for 14 days.

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