The man who was diagnosed with the new corona virus in France has not been in the Netherlands, says the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Earlier in the evening, French media reported that the man had traveled back from China via the Netherlands to France.
In response to reporting of a French health organization, RIVM has investigated the case and concludes that the man has not been to the Netherlands. “There must have been a misunderstanding,” said RIVM spokesman Harald Wychgel. It is still unclear why the French health organization thought the man had been in the Netherlands.
On Friday evening, the first two European corona virus infections were detected in France, one near Paris and one in Bordeaux.
“The patient in Bordeaux is a 48-year-old man who has returned from China,” said French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn. “He has been hospitalized since yesterday, in an isolated room. Since returning to France, he has come in contact with at least a dozen people.”
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