Agen: no, there is no case of coronavirus at the Esquirol Saint-Hilaire clinic

Tweets, screenshots … But mostly fake news has been circulating since Monday afternoon on a 4th French case of coronavirus. And the affected patient reported to the Esquirol clinic Saint-Hilaire d’Agen…

I just learned that there is a case of #Coronavirus on Agen. It’s getting closer. Bordeaux. Now Agen. Tomorrow Villeneuve-sur-Lot? The day after tomorrow on my street?

– Ali Gator u2648 u264f ud83c udf08 (@Gaujos_Gojat) January 28, 2020

But watch out for psychosis. The factual AFP also warns of its false screenshots.

” No case has come to the clinic and there is absolutely no quarantine. It has been circulating since Monday, January 27 in the afternoon, but it looks like a montage on Snapchat shared on Faceboook, “comments Isabelle Vernis, executive assistant in charge of communication at the clinic, surprised by this rumor.

For the moment, France has three patients infected with the new coronavirus on its soil, all of whom had stayed in Wuhan (China), the epicenter of the epidemic. One is hospitalized in Bordeaux and the other two in Paris.

The Regional Health Agency confirms the denial of the clinic. Press briefings are organized daily at 6 p.m. by the Ministry of Health to take stock of possible new diagnosed patients.

For its part, the prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne advises to consult the following sites:

www.gouvernement.fr/info-coronavirus
www.santepubliquefrance.fr
www.nouvelle-aquitaine.ars.sante.fr

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