North Africans evacuated from China land in Algiers

rth Africans evacuated from China on Monday landed in Algiers international airport after being quarantined for 14 days at a hotel in La Marsa, 30 kilometers east of capital.

Global evacuations were underway from China as health authorities reported 17,205 confirmed cases of a new viral outbreak that has so far killed 361 people.

group that landed in Algiers included 36 students and an ditional 17 citizens of three or rth African countries; 10 Tunisians, three Libyans and four Mauritanians.

Following flight's landing, Air Algerie, rth African nation's flag carrier, anunced it was suspending its weekly flights to Beijing, preventively.

Algeria has t anunced any positive cases.

An official of World Health Organization, Dr. Michel Yao, emergency operations program manr in Africa, listed Algeria as one of WHO's 13 high-priority African countries - with direct China flights or many visitors from China.

Algeria employs thousands of Chinese, often on construction sites.