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France confirms first two cases of coronavirus

A traveler wears a mask, after arriving on a direct flight from China, as Canada's Public Health Agency added a screening question for visitors and began displaying messages in several airports urging travelers to report flu-like symptoms in efforts to prevent any introduction of coronavirus at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada January 24, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)

France confirmed on Friday its first two cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, with one patient being hospitalized in Paris and the other in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.

Health Minister Agnes Buzyn told a news conference these were the first two confirmed cases in Europe and that more cases were likely to occur in France.

Earlier, the charity SOS Medecins said it had treated a patient of Chinese origin who was showing symptoms of a fever and who said he had been in contact with people from Wuhan province in China, epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

Buzyn said this patient was 48-years-old and had returned two days ago from a trip to China which included a stop in Wuhan.

Buzyn said she had no information yet on the second case, in Paris, which had just been confirmed.

The newly discovered virus has killed 26 people and infected more than 800. Most of the cases and all of the deaths so far have been in China, where officials have imposed severe restrictions on travel and public gatherings.

(Source: Reuters) 


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