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

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Coronavirus: "A dozen cases under surveillance" currently in France, says Agn?s Buzyn

The Minister of Health will have a meeting with the Prime Minister at 5 p.m. this Sunday.

By Ch.G.
January 26, 2020 at 12:41 p.m., modified January 26, 2020 at 1:25 p.m.

The number of cases of coronavirus should soon increase in France. "I expect there will be new cases, as elsewhere," said Minister of Health Agn?s Buzyn on Sunday during the RTL Grand Jury, Le Figaro, LCI.

“This morning there are five people under assessment, put in isolation. A dozen cases are under surveillance. A blood test is being tested for the virus, "said the member of the government. These blood tests will therefore confirm or not whether people are carriers of the coronavirus.
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She takes care to specify that “all the infected people have been in China. We have no case (contracted) in France. People who have symptoms probably have the flu. ” She also adds that "we are the first to have developed a test, that's why we probably detected cases".
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"Taking the temperature is false security"
Agnes Buzyn also explained why the temperature of passengers from China is not systematically taken. "Taking the temperature is a symbol, it appeals to the population, but it is false security that is useless. The World Health Organization does not recommend this technique. The most appropriate is to give information to passengers, which we do, on paper, in three languages. "

It specifies that a ban by France alone on flights from China would be useless. “In an epidemic with a new virus, we assess the risk day by day. Today, we do not want a ban on flights from China. But an international decision is needed, at least in Europe, because people would arrive via Brussels (Belgium) or Barcelona (Spain) ”.
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The Minister also recalled that "there is no indication to wear a mask in France, except to be at home in isolation".

She also recalls that “the blue mask does not protect anything. In addition, we have tens of millions of masks in stock that we would distribute if necessary. ”

http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-une-dizaine-de-cas-sous-surveillance-actuellement-en-france-indique-agnes-buzyn-26-01-2020-8244651.php

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Coronavirus: Bordeaux patient testifies for the first time

The 48-year-old Frenchman of Chinese origin had traveled to Shanghai and Wuhan, the stronghold of the epidemic, in China, to visit his family. By Le Point.fr

Published on 01/26/2020 at 18:24 | Le Point.fr

He said he was not worried about his health. Aged 48, a Frenchman of Chinese origin is currently in the care of the high-risk infectious diseases unit at the Bordeaux University Hospital . Suffering from the new strain of coronavirus , 2019-nCoV, he is currently in an isolation room and a guard is guarding his door. The local newspaper Sud-Ouest went to meet him.

"I still have a fever and I cough more than yesterday," reports the patient, who says he has confidence in the medical team who takes care of him. “Here, everyone who enters is in a suit, with masks, gloves and glasses. We have no physical contact, ”he says, adding that he has no treatment other than Doliprane to lower his fever. "This virus is still unknown, but I know the researchers are working" to find a drug.

A sales adviser in the wine sector, the 40-year-old visited China last week to visit his family, in Shanghai and in the city of Wuhan, where the virus first appeared. “There, at the beginning of last week, everyone knew that this virus existed, but people were not worried. Besides, very few wore masks outside, ”he recalls to the regional daily. He believes he was infected at the Wuhan bus station, where the fish market is located (where the virus was detected), or on the train. “I started coughing a few days later. "

“I returned to Bordeaux on Wednesday evening. I did some shopping, then the next day I called SOS Doctors. I was afraid of being infected and I told them, they asked me to come to the office, ”says the patient from Bordeaux. “When I returned to France , I realized in the press that the virus had grown considerably. If he claims to have had little contact with his relatives since his return to France, all were still contacted by the team from the infectious diseases unit.

https://www.lepoint.fr/sante/coronavirus-le-patient-bordelais-temoigne-pour-la-premiere-fois-26-01-2020-2359722_40.php

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Coronavirus: six people under surveillance

While three cases of coronavirus have been detected in France, the Minister of Health mentioned six people under close surveillance Sunday, January 26.

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Updated on 01/26/2020 | 10:51 p.m.
published on 26/01/2020 | 10:51 p.m.

Tests are in progress. While three cases of coronavirus have been detected in France, Agn?s Buzyn said Sunday January 26 that six people were under surveillance. The results of the analyzes are expected to be released on Monday. The Minister of Health specifies that the three proven cases are in stable condition. As a precaution, relatives of these patients were asked not to leave their homes. "There was also talk of the repatriation of the French to China. A direct Wuhan-Paris line should be set up. These people will then be welcomed and placed in solitary confinement for fourteen days," reports journalist Camille Guttin from Paris.

Cases contracted only in China

Agnes Buzyn reminded that if the spread of the virus was very rapid, its mortality is less important than that of SARS. Finally, it specifies that no case has been contracted in France, but in China.

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/coronavirus-six-personnes-sous-surveillance_3800849.html

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A suspected coronavirus case in Rouen: the Samu on alert

Samu teams from the Rouen University Hospital intervened on Monday January 27, 2020 to take care of a person suspected of being a carrier of the virus which has already caused eighty deaths in China.

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PUBLISHED ON 01/27/2020 AT 13:49 UPDATED ON 01/27/2020 AT 14:11 READING TIME: 1 MINUTE

A suspected coronavirus case was treated on Monday January 27, 2020 by a team from the Samu of the Rouen University Hospital. According to our information, the medical team intervened at the end of the morning, Bouvreuil ramp, near the city center. Equipped with coveralls and masks, the emergency services evacuated the patient to Charles-Nicolle. It would be a man. He was placed in quarantine. Important infectious analyzes are currently being carried out by CHU teams. When questioned, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Normandy confirms this information and the ongoing virological investigations.

Three cases in France
At this stage, since the start of the crisis, three cases have been confirmed in France, including two in Paris and one in Bordeaux. At the same time, France is preparing an air evacuation of its nationals from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China, for the “middle of the week,” said French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday. .

"In connection with the Ministries of the Interior, Health and the Armed Forces, we are implementing a return operation by air for the benefit of our nationals," assured the Minister during his wishes to the press, specifying that this evacuation would take place "a priori in the middle of the week".

The French government announced on Sunday the upcoming repatriation of French people who so wish from the coronavirus epidemic zone in China. The French Minister of Health Agn?s Buzyn then estimated that the number of people concerned could "go from a few tens to a few hundred".

Some French nationals are likely to hesitate to return because of the quarantine period intended to avoid "any spread of the virus on the national territory", she specified.

https://www.paris-normandie.fr/accueil/un-cas-suspect-de-coronavirus-a-rouen-le-samu-en-etat-d-alerte-PN16280078

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Coronavirus: a fourth case confirmed in France and deemed "severe"

He is a Chinese tourist, "about 80 years old". The man was hospitalized in intensive care in Paris.

By M. C.
On January 28, 2020 at 6:39 p.m.

A fourth case of the coronavirus has been confirmed in France, J?r?me Salomon, the director general of health, announced on Tuesday at a press conference.

He is a Chinese tourist, "about 80 years old". The man was hospitalized in intensive care in Paris. "He is in severe condition," said the director general of health.

Added to the three cases already confirmed , this makes a total of four cases proven in France. This new case is not related to the first three, hospitalized in Bordeaux for one, and in Paris for the other two, in a state that does not generate concern.
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http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-un-quatrieme-cas-confirme-en-france-et-juge-severe-28-01-2020-8246823.php

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Coronavirus: a fifth confirmed case in France, two patients in intensive care

The Minister of Health, Agn?s Buzyn, announced this Wednesday evening a fifth confirmed case of the new coronavirus in France. It is the daughter of the 80-year-old Chinese man hospitalized in Paris.

By Le Parisien
On January 29, 2020 at 8:21 p.m. , as amended on January 29, 2020 at 20:39

The epidemic continues to spread. The Minister of Health, Agn?s Buzyn, confirmed on Wednesday a fifth proven case of the new coronavirus on French soil. She is the daughter of the fourth case, the 80-year-old Chinese tourist . "In serious condition", they both were placed in intensive care.

This man had arrived in France "on January 23" and first consulted the emergency room of the European Georges Pompidou hospital in Paris on Saturday 25. He was not initially detained, however.

"He had a fever but no cough or respiratory signs, he did not come from Wuhan (epicenter of the epidemic in China, editor's note) but from a city 400 kilometers north: he was far from the criteria and n 'was not selected as a possible case' of coronavirus infection, said Professor Yazdanpanah earlier today.

As of Wednesday morning, tests were underway to confirm her daughter's symptoms.

A first flight with 200 people

The Minister of Health gave details on the repatriation of the French who would not show any symptoms. “A first flight leaves this evening, with a medical team of around twenty people. This flight is a military flight, it will bring back to French territory about 200 people on Friday during the day ”.

She also specified that "these people would be transferred to a place and put in confinement for 14 days, the time of incubation of the virus".

http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-un-cinquieme-cas-confirme-en-france-deux-patients-en-reanimation-29-01-2020-8247900.php

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Air France suspends flights to China until February 9

https://www.20minutes.fr/sante/2706859-20200130-coronavirus-direct-bilan-epidemie-atteint-170-morts-jeudi-chine

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Coronavirus in France: a sixth confirmed case

01/30/2020 at 7.20pm

A sixth case of contamination, a liberal doctor in contact with an Asian case, was detected on French territory on Thursday.

Health Director J?r?me Salomon announced on Thursday that a sixth case of coronavirus had been confirmed in France.

"He is a liberal doctor who was in contact with a case which was later confirmed in Asia," said J?r?me Salomon, adding that he was hospitalized in a Paris hospital.

"He quickly isolated himself, the epidemiological investigation into possible contacts is underway today. I would like to point out that this alert was given by the confirmation of a case by an Asian country," he said. added. "Communication between Asia and the French health authorities is excellent, so there is international coordination of 'contact tracing': we call each other between countries to report cases".
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France confirms first human-to-human coronavirus case

31 January 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron said France was on "extreme alert" for the coronavirus as health authorities confirmed that a doctor had become the first case of human-to-human transmission in France.

A sixth coronavirus case was detected in France on Thursday, French health authorities have confirmed.

This was the first confirmed case of the coronavirus being transmitted between humans in France, according to the health authorities.

The sixth patient infected by the virus is a doctor who had treated an ill patient. The patient then returned to Asia where it was only then confirmed that they were infected with the virus.

The doctor has been hospitalised and his state is currently "not worrying", according to health authorities.

French authorities said they were working on mapping his whereabouts to detect potential further cases.

"We are on the highest alert possible," President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, as he promised that the "entire government" had been mobilised to deal with the virus infection.

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New coronavirus: the first returnees arrived in France

By AFP,
published on 1/31/2020 at 1:49 p.m., updated at 1:49 p.m.
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Istres - They arrived in France: about 200 French and some foreigners, repatriated from China to flee the coronavirus, landed Friday on the military base of Istres and were then to be confined for two weeks in a holiday center by the sea, in Carry-le-Rouet.
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On their arrival, these repatriates, mostly French, and some foreigners, including Chinese Chinese spouses, were greeted on the tarmac by the Minister of Health Agn?s Buzyn. About ten meters from them, behind a ribbon, she assured that she would have liked to shake their hand, but that circumstances prevented her.
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The Minister also clarified that outside visits would be prohibited when they are confined in the vacation center but that they could receive packages.

In Carry-le-Rouet, the Club Vacanciel, surrounded by a large pine forest, is located in a cove accessible only by a narrow dead end of the small seaside resort of 5.800 inhabitants, about thirty kilometers from Marseille. As of Friday morning, its access was prohibited by many gendarmes.
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About 80 medical reservists, "taking turns in teams", will be mobilized within the center, "for a period of two weeks renewable once," said a decree published overnight.

During their period of isolation, returnees will be subject to medical surveillance to ensure that they are not infected with the virus. "We are going to ask them to take their temperature, to have a mask."
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In France, a sixth case of infection with the new coronavirus has been detected, authorities said on Thursday: it is the "first case announced" of contamination on French soil, said the Directorate General of Health (DGS). to AFP. A "liberal doctor" contaminated in France by a person then returned to China, where she declared the disease, said Professor Salomon.

The doctor was hospitalized "in isolation" in Paris and "his condition does not inspire concern", according to Professor Salomon.

Apart from China, these cases of direct contagion between humans have already been observed in Vietnam, Germany, Japan and the United States.

The European Commission said on Tuesday that a second repatriation flight was planned "later in the week" to evacuate other French nationals and nationals of other European countries.
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Air France has suspended all scheduled flights to and from mainland China until February 9. The Chinese New Year parade scheduled for Sunday in Paris has been postponed until the spring.

"We are in the most extreme vigilance," said President Emmanuel Macron.

https://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/societe/nouveau-coronavirus-les-premiers-rapatries-arrives-en-france_2116931.html

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Coronavirus: one of the French repatriated from China presents "symptoms"

A passenger on the plane from Wuhan was transferred upon landing to the Timone hospital in Marseille.

By LP with AFP
On January 31, 2020 at 14h57 , modified January 31, 2020 at 15:00

One of the French returnees from China who arrived in France this Friday afternoon has "symptoms" of the disease, says the Ministry of Health.

"This person was directly transferred to the Timone hospital and he will obviously be tested," said Agn?s Buzyn the minister during a press conference at Marignane airport (Bouches-du-Rh?ne). In the early afternoon, the Minister of Health welcomed the 180 passengers from Wuhan to the Istres military base.
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http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-un-des-francais-rapatrie-de-chine-presente-des-symptomes-31-01-2020-8249439.php

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Coronavirus: Second plane repatriating people from China lands in France

02 FEB 2020
Update 02.02.2020 at 21:53
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A second plane from Wuhan landed in Istres in the south of France. On board 250 people including 65 French. They will be placed in quarantine.

At least 65 more Frenchmen began a period of containment on Sunday in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne, after the landing in the afternoon in Istres of a plane which brought in all 250 people from Wuhan, epicenter of the new coronavirus infection epidemic.

Twenty passengers from the returnee plane arriving in France from China on Sunday stayed at the airport awaiting a test because they show symptoms of contamination with the new coronavirus, the Minister of Health announced on Sunday. Agnes Buzyn.

" About twenty people who presented with symptoms remained on the tarmac " in Istres (Bouches-du-Rh?ne) "under the supervision of military doctors until they had a test," she said during a press conference in Paris.

They are both " French and non-European " nationals.

" Depending on the result of the test, they will either be hospitalized if the test is positive, or will be able to reach the center of Carry-le-Rouet or the center of Aix-en-Provence ", the two places of quarantine chosen by the authorities to welcome returnees.
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https://information.tv5monde.com/info/coronavirus-un-deuxieme-avion-rapatriant-des-personnes-de-chine-atterrit-en-france-344800

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Any more word on these 20 people?

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febr 3, 2020

Tests for the coronavirus on about 20 people who arrived on France on an evacuation flight from China have come back negative, authorities said Monday.

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INFO EUROPE 1 - Coronavirus: questions posed by the course of the contaminated doctor near Paris

07:08, February 03, 2020, modified at 10:15 a.m., February 03, 2020

A doctor in the Paris region contracted the coronavirus after having examined a Chinese patient. According to information from Europe 1, several days passed between the consultation of this woman and the moment when he reported himself to the authorities.

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In France, six cases of coronavirus have been reported for the moment and are still hospitalized in Paris and Bordeaux. The general direction of health specified last Thursday that the sixth patient is a liberal doctor of the Paris region, contaminated by a Chinese tourist, without more details. The information collected by Europe 1 makes it possible to trace its course, which raises questions.

In contact with a coronavirus case on January 23, he reported on January 28

This liberal doctor practices at SOS 92, mainly in consultations at the homes of patients residing in the Hauts-de-Seine sector. On January 23, at the Samu's request, he was sent to visit a hotel in Ch?tenay-Malabry. Reason for the consultation: two Chinese tourists, from Taiwan, cough and are in a febrile condition. These two patients, not coming from Wuhan and having no fever, cannot therefore be considered as suspect cases by the Samu.

Once there, the doctor performs a standard consultation and examines the two women. A third person, the translator of these tourists, is also in the room. The doctor goes back to his consultations, and the story could have ended. But on January 28, five days later, the Chinese authorities warn France that the translator, returning to her country, is indeed a confirmed case of coronavirus.

The doctor of SOS 92, who at that time had a fever of 38 degrees, was warned. He then placed himself in solitary confinement until his transfer to the hospital.

Thirty patients contacted by the French public health agency
Since the confirmation of this case (formalized on January 30), the French public health agency has carried out, as always, a careful investigation to identify all the people who have been in contact with the doctor. The agency notably called the thirty patients examined between January 23 and 28.

So was there a failure in the alert chain put in place by the authorities to identify suspect cases as soon as possible? A priori no, but maybe we will have to review the criteria that trigger the alert. For example, expanding the area of provenance in China (not just Wuhan, the focus of the epidemic), or even that the patient should not systematically have a fever.

But authorities, like scientists, are learning a little more about this virus every day, including the possible contagiousness during the incubation period (between the time of infection and the onset of the first symptoms). To date, scientists believe that contagion could be possible only in the 24 hours preceding the first signs of the disease. According to an infectious disease specialist contacted by Europe 1, the risk for patients that the infected doctor saw during his incubation is therefore very low, but not zero.
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https://www.europe1.fr/sante/info-eu...-paris-3947122