Director General of Health Jérôme Salomon held a press conference on Monday March 2.
The coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic continues to spread in France. A third death related to the new coronavirus was confirmed on Monday March 2 by the Ministry of Health, while 61 new cases have been reported, bringing the total to 191 since its appearance on French territory. The third dead person is “an 89-year-old woman tested post-mortem at the Compiègne hospital”, who “had other pathologies”, said Director General of Health Jérôme Salomon.
“191 confirmed cases” of Covid-19 coronavirus were detected in France, that is “61 more than yesterday”, indicates this evening the Director General of Health Jérôme Salomon. A third person, an 89-year-old woman, died, tested post-mortem at the hospital in Compiègne. pic.twitter.com/eLglWF1Y5w
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Five regions have more than 10 cases, said the Director General of Health. “On the national territory, there is a very heterogeneous situation, a mosaic depending on the implantation of the virus”, he commented. “Outside the identified households [Oise, Haute-Savoie, Morbihan], it is recommended to continue a normal life. Public transport works normally “, he said.
The Oise remains the most affected department, with “64 cases in total linked to chains of transmission”, said Jérôme Salomon. Out of 191 people infected since the introduction in France of this new virus which appeared in China in December, three people died, 12 are cured and 176 are hospitalized.
There are now five regions with more than 10 cases, says the Director General of Health. A new geographic grouping is detected in Brittany, around Auray. “For 75% of the cases this evening, we have an explanation and a chain of transmission,” he added. pic.twitter.com/vs7SUyGI2U
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France is one of the most affected countries in Europe with Germany (157 cases confirmed Monday morning), far behind Italy and its more than 2,000 people tested positive and 52 dead.
Faced with this situation, measures to try to curb the spread are increasing: schools closed in the homes of the disease, school trips abroad suspended, gatherings of more than 5,000 people prohibited in closed environments. There is “no systematic cancellation of events”, But an appreciation “at local level”, said Jérôme Salomon.
