VIRUS:PSA, which runs a plant with Dongfeng Motor in Wuhan, plans to evacuate employees, quarantine them in another Chinese city and then bring them back to France
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 27, 2020
By: AP, PARIS
France and a major automaker said on Saturday that they are moving to get citizens out of a locked-
A tourist wears a face mask near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday. Three cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have been identified in France, the Health Ministry announced on Friday.
Photo: EPA-EFE
French automaker PSA Group says it will evacuate its employees and their families from Wuhan in central China, quarantine them in another major Chinese city and then bring them back to France.
The Foreign Ministry said French officials were studying “eventual options” for all its nationals to leave if they wish.
It comes a day after France announced that three cases of the new virus are being treated in two French hospitals — the first confirmed in Europe. All the patients are Chinese who had recently returned from China and are doing well, officials said.
PSA Group did not say how many employees would be part of an evacuation.
In a series of tweets, the automaker said transportation, housing and other organizational considerations are being worked out. PSA, which sells its Peugeot and Citroen cars in China, has a joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Corp (DFM, 東風汽車) in Wuhan. [FULL STORY]
