French quarantine islands return to use outside port of Marseille

By Daniel Cole
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French quarantine islands return to use outside port of Marseille
Patrick Tellier, Frioul's only nurse, points to the ancient quarantine port on the Pomegues island for sailors entering Marseille. Photo / Daniel Cole, AP

On France's Frioul archipelago, there's an eerie sense that history is repeating itself.

The Mediterranean islands 4 kilometers off the teeming southern port city of Marseille served as a quarantine center during deadly epidemics in centuries past, helping to shield the French mainland from infection.

Now, amid the coronavirus lockdown

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