France - COVID-19: 363,350 cases, 30,893 deaths?

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Coronavirus: first "possible case" admitted to Bastia hospital

By J.-Q. O - February 25, 2020 at 8:56 p.m.
Corsica - Health

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Analyzes are underway to determine whether the symptoms of a patient treated since the end of this Tuesday afternoon at Bastia hospital are those of the coronavirus. This is the second case of suspected infection in Corsica after the admission of a person to the Mis?ricorde hospital center in Ajaccio.

https://www.corsematin.com/article/bastia/coronavirus-premier-cas-possible-admis-a-l%E2%80%99hopital-de-bastia

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PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A second person infected with the coronavirus has died in France, the country’s health authorities said on Wednesday.

In a televised statement, senior health director Jerome Salomon said a 60-year-old French man in a very serious condition was tested at Paris’ Pitie-Salp?tri?re hospital late on Tuesday.

“Unfortunately (he) died during the night”, Salomon said.

The deceased was one of three new cases in France, bringing the total confirmed coronavirus infections in France to 17

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Source: https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/artic...0837_3244.html

Coronavirus: a second patient died in Paris, announces the Ministry of Health
Three new cases, including the man who died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, were detected in France. The death is the first of a Frenchman since the start of the epidemic, after the death of an 80-year-old Chinese man in mid-February in Paris.
Le Monde avec AFP Posted today at 03h15, updated at 13h01

Three new cases of coronavirus have been detected in France, one of which died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in Paris, the ministry of health announced on Wednesday 26 February. The death is the first of a Frenchman since the start of the epidemic, after the death of an 80-year-old Chinese man in mid-February in Paris.

The man who died in the night, a 60-year-old Oise teacher, had been "tested in emergency yesterday [Tuesday] at the Piti?-Salp?tri?re hospital in a very serious state and died during the night", announced the Director General of Health, J?r?me Salomon. "The investigation was launched urgently" into the place where this patient may have been infected and his entourage, he added. The mayor of his commune assured the Parisian that he did not come "from Italy or China".

Including this dead patient, five new cases were confirmed in France between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. For the time being, the death toll in France is two dead, eleven recoveries and four patients still hospitalized, or seventeen cases in total...

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Criel Hospital in lockdown. I understand the patient was admitted for several days before the hospital realised he may have coronavirus.
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The hospital management will list all the personnel likely to have been in contact with the patient, in order to carry out any screening or isolation.
The white plan was launched on Wednesday, February 26, at the Creil hospital (Oise), after the death due to the coronavirus Covid-19 of a man who had stayed there, Franceinfo learned from the management of the hospital establishment . The deceased French teacher had indeed passed through the Creil hospital before his transfer to Piti?-Salp?tri?re in Paris where he died in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.

The white plan, as part of the Orsan system (organization of the health system in exceptional health situations) was triggered at the request of the Hauts-de-France Regional Health Agency (ARS). The initiation of the white plan allows the establishment of a crisis unit, the mobilization of staff, even the recall of those who do not work, and the establishment of additional beds if necessary. It also makes it possible to list all the personnel who have been in contact with the patient, in order to determine whether it is necessary to place them in solitary confinement, to perform screenings …

The victim, a teacher at the college in Cr?py-en-Valois, died overnight after his transfer to Piti?-Salp?tri?re, in Paris. The man had been on sick leave since February 12.

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With this " white plan " launched in Creil, all the non-emergency operations that were planned are canceled and all the hospital staff can be mobilized at any time in the event of new cases detected, specifies the information site.

Crisis unit in the Oise
Born in 1959, the teacher who died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday at the Paris hospital, "has been on sick leave from February 12 inclusive and has not attended his establishment since that date," said Etienne Champion, the director general of the Hauts-de-France regional health agency, during a press conference at the Beauvais prefecture on Wednesday. ... snip

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COVID-19: three new confirmed cases, including one death

published on 26.02.20

The Director General of Health announced on Wednesday, February 26, three new cases of coronavirus infection, confirmed during the night of February 25 to 26, including a 60-year-old man hospitalized in Paris and died overnight. A total of 17 cases have been confirmed in France since January 24.

Among the five new cases diagnosed since February 25

- A Franco-Chinese, 33, back from China, hospitalized in Paris
- A French 64-year return of Lombardy and hospitalized in Annecy
- A French 55, hospitalized in Amiens. He is in intensive care
- A 36-year-old Frenchman, back from Lombardy and hospitalized in Strasbourg
- A 60-year-old Frenchman, hospitalized in Paris in very serious condition. He died on February 26.

An in-depth epidemiological investigation was immediately carried out to identify and contact all those who had been in close contact with these patients. They will receive specific instructions from the health authorities to avoid contact, in order to limit the spread of the virus.

Since February 23, 70 new health establishments with SAMU headquarters have been identified throughout France, bringing the number of establishments ready to receive patients with COVID-19 to 107.
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https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/actualites/presse/communiques-de-presse/article/covid-19-trois-nouveaux-cas-confirmes-dont-un-deces

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Coronavirus: the deceased patient is a teacher from Oise

This 60-year-old man, initially hospitality in Creil, had been transferred in emergency Tuesday to the Piti?-Salp?tri?re, in Paris.

By ?lie Julien and Alexis Bisson
February 26, 2020 at 10:46 a.m., modified February 26, 2020 at 12:08 p.m.

The patient who died during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, infected with the coronavirus, is a 60-year-old man, teacher, originally from Vaumoise (Oise), where he was also a municipal councilor. He had been tested in emergency, Tuesday, at the Piti?-Salp?tri?re, in Paris.

According to Gilles Petitbon, mayor of Vaumoise, his municipal councilor, died of a "pulmonary embolism".

"He had Covid-19 but died of a massive pulmonary embolism," confirms a medical source.

"He started to feel bad from the start of the vacation and was quickly hospitalized," says Gilles Petitbon. According to the mayor, this teacher at the college in Cr?py-en-Valois did not return "neither from Italy nor from China".

Initially, "he had been hospitalized in Creil and died Tuesday evening, confirms his wife, contacted by Le Parisien on Wednesday. For the moment, we are cashing in on his death, we are trying to assimilate that. "

At Creil hospital, it was confirmed that a patient with "flu-like symptoms" had been hospitalized in Creil, before being redirected to Piti?-Salp?tri?re.

An infected Lacroix-Saint-Ouen resident

The Oise is also facing a second case of coronavirus, confirmed this Wednesday morning by J?r?me Salomon, Director General of Health. He is a 55-year-old man living in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen. An employee of the Creil air base, he was first hospitalized at the hospital in Compi?gne before being transferred in a "serious clinical situation" to the university hospital center of Amiens (Somme).

"Her infection was discovered at the end of her stay," said a member of the Compi?gne hospital. For several days, he was therefore in contact with the emergency and resuscitation staff of Compi?gne.

http://www.leparisien.fr/oise-60/oise-un-homme-touche-par-le-coronavirus-un-second-cas-suspect-26-02-2020-8267154.php

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Coronavirus: what we know about the mysterious contaminations in the Oise

The two men affected in the department were neither returning from risk areas.

By Cl?mence Bauduin
February 26, 2020 at 4:52 p.m., modified February 26, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

How did the coronavirus reach the Oise? While the department woke up with two confirmed cases on its soil, including a person who died last night, a press conference was held this Wednesday afternoon in the prefecture of Oise.

The prefect, Louis le Franc, the rector of the Amiens academy, St?phanie Dameron, and the director general of the Hauts-de-France regional health agency (ARS), Etienne Champion, tried to answer questions , numerous, which remain.

Because the two confirmed cases in the Oise question. For the time being, neither of the two men was returning from a so-called “risk” area. Research is continuing to find out how they were contaminated.

Who are the two patients?

The person who died is a man born in 1959 living in Vaumoise, not far from the border with the Aisne. He died in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday at the Piti?-Salp?tri?re hospital in Paris. Professor of technology in classes of 6 th and 4 th of Jean-de-la-Fontaine college in Cr?py-en-Valois, first hospitalized in Creil, he was transferred to the capital on Tuesday due to a worrying deterioration in his health.

The second confirmed case of coronavirus in Oise is a man born in 1965. He is currently hospitalized at the University Hospital of Amiens, in serious condition.

However, neither had traveled to a risk area. An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances of their contamination. A crisis cell was set up by the ARS on Tuesday evening. The organization is working to identify the people with whom the two patients have been in close contact.

An information number set up
Relatives, pupils of the deceased teacher, neighbors… A public regional information number has been set up for people who feel directly concerned by cases of coronavirus: 03.20.30.58.00.

A general number is also in place at the national level for people wishing information on the disease. The latter are invited to dial 0.800.130.000.

http://www.leparisien.fr/oise-60/coronavirus-ce-que-l-on-sait-des-mysterieuses-contaminations-dans-l-oise-26-02-2020-8267472.php

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Coronavirus: 18th case diagnosed in France, update on the situation

Wednesday February 26, 2020 at 8:39 pm - By Viviane Le Guen , France Bleu
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An 18th case was diagnosed in France , announced the Minister of Health, Olivier V?ran, on Wednesday evening. It is the wife of a patient hospitalized in Annecy . "Her state of health does not inspire concern," said the minister while a 60-year-old Frenchman, a teacher in the Oise, died in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in Paris after being infected. The man, who taught in a college in Cr?py-en-Valois in the Oise, had not yet visited the area mainly affected by the virus. He had been tested in emergency Monday at the hospital of Piti?-Salp?tri?re in Paris in a very serious state. Of "investigations are still ongoing (... contamination said the director general of the Hauts-de-France regional health agency.

The white plan - which allows the establishment of a crisis cell, the mobilization of staff, even the recall of those who do not work - was triggered at the Creil hospital, where the man had first been taken care of.

A total of 18 cases of people infected with this virus have been identified in France. Two died, 12 were cured, and four are still hospitalized.

A toll-free number has been activated by the government to respond to questions and concerns about the coronavirus. It is accessible every day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. It is 0800.130.000. A crisis unit has also been set up in Hauts-de-France with a dedicated number: 03.20.30.58.00.

The Minister of Health, Olivier V?ran, also announced a "destock of 15 million masks" which "will be distributed in all pharmacies of pharmacies in the national territory".

In addition, in Ile-de-France, the mayors received on Wednesday an "information kit" on the coronavirus in order to inform their constituents as clearly as possible about the situation, especially in schools where national instructions have sometimes been applied disparately. In Montigny-l?s-Metz, on the other hand, the precautionary principle was applied. Several students from Lyc?e Jean-XXIII, returning from a trip to Australia, were asked to stay home because they stopped in Singapore, one of the countries affected by the epidemic.

Disrupted or canceled public events
Several public events are disrupted by the spread of the epidemic. The Irish-Italian Six Nations tournament scheduled for March 7 in Dublin has been postponed to a later date due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Irish rugby federation announced on Wednesday. The last day of the Nice carnival and the lemon festival in Menton have been canceled.

The arrival of the 3,000 supporters of Juventus from Turin to Lyon for the round of 16 first leg of the Champions Cup Wednesday evening was also highly commented. Several opposition figures, including Marine Le Pen, S?gol?ne Royal and Eric Ciotti (LR), thus denounced a decision "not reasonable", "totally irresponsible" and "incoherent" that "opinion does not understand".

Several academies and universities have decided to cancel or postpone trips to Italy. This is the case for example in Rouen . In the Alpes-Maritimes , the university opened a monitoring unit and canceled all university exchanges between Nice and northern Italy.
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https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/sante-sciences/coronavirus-un-18e-cas-diagnostique-en-france-le-point-sur-la-situation-1582742785

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Coronavirus: with 6 new cases and 1 death in less than 48 hours, surveillance is becoming more complicated in France
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By Vincent Bordenave
Posted 50 mins ago, updated 10 mins ago
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Among the new cases announced, four do not present a serious form of the disease. A 36-year-old man back from Lombardy is still hospitalized in Strasbourg. A 33-year-old Franco-Chinese woman who returned from China was hospitalized in Paris, but was able to return home on Wednesday. "The case of this young woman is special," says Professor J?r?me Salomon, director general of health at the Ministry of Health. It is negative for the new coronavirus but with traces of recent healings. This person is doing very well. ”

The third is a 64-year-old man who had made "repeated stays" in Lombardy. He was hospitalized in Annecy. His wife, also affected, was hospitalized on Wednesday. His condition is not of concern. On the other hand, the fourth patient is in a more worrying situation. He is a 55-year-old man from the Oise hospitalized in Amiens in a serious clinical situation in intensive care, according to the Ministry of Health. Like the man who died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, he also did not go to a hazardous exhibition area. "This is why, at first, they were not identified as possible cases of coronavirus," said ?tienne Champion, director general of the Hauts-de-France Regional Health Agency (ARS).
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The appearance of these two cases not linked to a known outbreak is not without raising questions. Has the epidemic been present in the Oise for several days because of a first patient who has not yet been identified? A completely possible situation, since the experts estimate that outside China two thirds of the cases of Covid-19 are not diagnosed, either because the patients are not considered as "at risk" or because they present symptoms very little concern.

Investigations are underway to identify the people with whom these two Oise patients may have been in contact. “It is not known if these two people could be related. We're still looking for the route of the virus, "said Prof. J?r?me Salomon on Wednesday evening. The deceased teacher was on sick leave since February 12 and has therefore not attended his school since that date. It was the sudden deterioration in his state of health that led to his transfer on February 25 from Creil to Piti?-Salp?tri?re, to carry out a coronavirus test there. The exact conditions of his death remain mysterious, because covered by medical confidentiality.

The start of the school year will not take place until next Monday, but the rectorate has already warned the families of the students to act as quickly as possible if symptoms appear. The ARS specifies that the period of incubation and onset of the disease being a maximum of 14 days, only parents, adults and children, colleagues or parents of students who have been in contact and whose symptoms - fever, cough , breathing difficulties - started between February 12 and February 25 inclusive are invited to come forward.

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Number of confirmed cases Covid-19 grows tot 38, 20 new cases today.

Olivier V?ran, the Minister of Health, announced that France was facing "a significant increase" in the number of cases of contamination by the coronavirus on its territory this Thursday. 38 cases are now confirmed in France.

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Coronavirus: 20 new cases of contamination detected in France
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Le Monde avec AFP Posted today at 8:20 pm, updated at 9:39 pm

The coronavirus continues to progress and France is no longer immune to the rising counts. The number of people infected in France increased to 38 confirmed cases, against 18 the day before, announced Thursday February 27 in the evening the Minister of Health, Olivier V?ran.

20 additional cases in France

Several investigations are "still in progress" in contact cases of these new infections and are "likely to change this assessment," added the Minister of Health during a press briefing Thursday.

A teacher from the Oise department infected with the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) died on Wednesday; he was the first Frenchman to succumb to the disease (Covid-19). Another resident of the same department is hospitalized "in serious condition", according to the authorities, who do not yet know the source of their contamination. The two patients lived and worked in a 40 km triangle.

Among the twenty new cases detected is "a group of twelve cases" related to these two patients, including three "on a military base" in Creil (Oise), said Olivier V?ran. An additional patient is in a "serious" state, said the director general of health, J?r?me Salomon.
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https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/02/27/coronavirus-le-nombre-de-cas-confirmes-en-france-passe-de-18-a-38_6031097_3224.html

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Twelve patients cured, several in serious condition: what we know of the 38 cases of coronavirus in France
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In these 38 cases, there are already 12 healings. The past day has seen 20 new cases. In total, two people died: a Chinese tourist hospitalized in Paris, then a 60-year-old teacher from Oise, admitted to intensive care and then died at Piti?-Salp?tri?re.

12 new cases linked to two Oise patients

Olivier V?ran also mentioned grouping of cases. He notably mentioned "12 cases linked to Oise patients linked together by a chain of contamination". "Among these 12 cases, three were diagnosed on a military base" in Creil, he added. It is in this military base that the patient currently hospitalized in Amiens in intensive care works.

Furthermore, among the twelve cases linked to the Oise, two are in serious condition: one in Compi?gne, and one at the Tenon hospital in Paris. Concerning the patient of the Compi?gne hospital, we know that he spent twelve days in the establishment, without anyone knowing that he had the coronavirus, as reported by our journalist present on the spot this Thursday evening. An epidemiological investigation was therefore launched around this case and 117 agents received samples to find out whether or not they are positive for the coronavirus. The results are expected this Friday.

Another group in Annecy

While health authorities are looking for people who have been in contact with these new patients, the Minister of Health stressed that doctors including epidemiologists would go there Friday.

Another grouping of four cases is observed on the side of Haute-Savoie, in Annecy. He is the family and friend of a man diagnosed earlier this week and hospitalized since Wednesday. The state of health of this man is not worrying, specified the Minister for Health. On Wednesday, his wife was diagnosed with coronavirus, bringing the number of cases to 18.

Two people fell ill from a trip to Egypt

The minister also said that two people were hospitalized in serious condition after an organized trip to Egypt in a group of 20 people. J?r?me Salomon, Director General of Health, who succeeded him at the microphone, detailed:

"These are two relatively elderly people who are currently in intensive care, one in Brest, the other in Dijon and the rest of the group, about twenty people, will be contacted".

A man in intensive care in Lyon

J?r?me Salomon confirmed that a man had been admitted to a Lyon hospital, tested positive for coronavirus. According to our information, it is a 50-year-old man who is in the intensive care unit of the Croix-Rousse hospital. He presented to a first hospital establishment on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, presenting flu symptoms. His condition quickly deteriorated, with an acute respiratory distress syndrome, which motivated his transfer to intensive care. After confirming his contamination with the coronavirus using two tests, he was taken to Croix-Rousse.

This man does not have pulmonary risk factors but suffers from obesity and is a smoker. Commercial executive, married and father, he does not come back from a risk zone.

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France's new health minister Olivier V?ran confirmed on Thursday night that the number of confirmed cases in France now stands at 41 - up from 18 on Wednesday.

Echoing the words of President Emmanuel Macron earlier in the day, he said: "We are preparing for an epidemic."

Of the 23 new cases announced on Thursday night and Friday morning, two people are in a serious condition. They had both recently returned from Egypt as part of a tour group.

The official total of 38 includes 11 who fully recovered from the virus earlier this month and 2 fatalities, one a 60-year-old teacher from northern France the other an elderly Chinese tourist.

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Coronavirus in Rouen: one confirmed case, 5 SNCF agents in confinement

A doctor from the Rouen University Hospital, who also carried out consultations at the SNCF medical office, was declared a positive carrier of covid-19 and was confined to his home. Five SNCF agents and the medical secretary are placed in the fortnight.

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Posted on 28/02/2020 at 4:10 pm Updated on 02/28/2020 at 16:43

First confirmed case in Normandy

A case of coronavirus was detected with a doctor from the University Hospital of Rouen who was returning from a conference in Munich, Germany. Information reported on Friday February 28, 2020 by the Regional Health Agency in Normandy.

The doctor is currently confined to his home in Bois-Guillaume, near Rouen, and does not require hospitalization. It is the first confirmed case in Normandy.

Five SNCF agents placed in the fortnight

According to our information, five SNCF agents and the medical secretary of the firm have been placed in the fortnight. The doctor carrying the coronavirus had carried out consultations at the SNCF medical center in Sotteville-les-Rouen on Monday February 24, 2020, after his return from Germany.

"The medical office has been completely disinfected and it is currently closed to medical visits," confirms our source. "People in the fortnight are well and are confined as a precaution. They have no symptoms."

SNCF agents and the medical secretary must wear a mask and check their temperature twice a day.

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/normandie/seine-maritime/rouen/coronavirus-rouen-cas-confirme-5-agents-sncf-quatorzaine-1792855.html

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Landes: first case of coronavirus confirmed in the department

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It is a young woman whose state of health is of no particular concern.

This Friday, a first case of coronavirus was confirmed in the Landes.

Tested Thursday at the Mont-de-Marsan hospital center, a woman was informed this Friday that she is a carrier of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Cloistered at home, since the screening, this resident of a town near the city prefecture presents no risk factor requiring hospitalization. Indeed, his state of health does not cause concern.

An epidemiological investigation is initiated around this young woman to understand where she may have been infected and above all to identify the people with whom she may have been in contact.

https://www.sudouest.fr/2020/02/28/landes-premier-cas-de-coronavirus-confirme-dans-le-departement-7255476-3452.php

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Coronavirus: 57 cases of contamination confirmed on French soil

febr 28 2020

19 cases of coronavirus contamination were identified in France on Friday, bringing the number of people infected to 57.

57 cases of coronavirus are to be deplored this Friday in France, said Olivier V?ran, Minister of Solidarity and Health, live from Cr?py-en-Valois in Oise. 19 additional cases compared to Thursday at the same time. Six new cases were detected in the Oise.

"In France, a new stage in the coronavirus epidemic has been reached," said Olivier V?ran during his daily press conference.