Two planes carrying virus evacuees land in Brazil

Two planes carrying Brazilian citizens evacuated from China arrived in Anapolis in Brazil on Sunday.

34 passengers were evacuated from the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of the deadly new strain of virus, and will remain in quarantine for 18 days in facilities of the Brazilian Air Force in Anapolis city, in the central state of Goias.

Some members of the crew involved in the operation will also remain in quarantine.

Ahead of the 36 hour trip, none of the passengers had presented symptoms of the virus but the Defence Ministry said they will be monitored over the coming weeks.

The decision to bring the Brazilians back came after a group of them posted a video asking the government for help.

Brazil has no confirmed cases of the virus.

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