North Africans Evacuated from China in Algiers
Evacuated from China, North Africans landed in Algiers International Airport after being quarantined for 14-days at a hotel in La Marsa, 30 Kilometers east of the Capital.
Global evacuations are underway from China as health authorities reported 17,205 confirmed cases of a new viral outbreak that has so far killed 361 people.
The group that landed in Algiers included 36 students and an additional 17 citizens of three other North African countries.
Following the flight’s landing, Air Algeria, the North African nation’s flag carrier, announced it was suspending its weekly flights to Beijing, preventively.
Algeria employees thousands of Chinese, often on construction sites.
Algeria has not announced any positive cases.
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