The French government is meeting to decide whether to repatriate some 800 French citizens living in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of a deadly virus.
Masked residents walk through a deserted subway station in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, as the new viral illness accelerated its spread in China. The U.S. and Japanese officials announced Sunday they will evacuate personnel and some private citizens aboard a charter flight from the epicenter of the outbreak in the central city of Wuhan.
It would be joining other countries planning for evacuations from Wuhan, which is under lockdown by the Chinese government in an attempt to halt the spread of the pneumonia-like virus that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000 people. French automaker PSA said Saturday it was evacuating its expatriate employees and their families from Wuhan and quarantining them in another city. It did not elaborate.
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