11:08 – A press point in Annecy at 2 p.m. and a toll free number
“To inform the local population”, a press conference will take place at 2 p.m. this Saturday at the Haute-Savoie prefecture in Annecy. A specific telephone number, 0800 100 379, has been set up for those affected by this “cluster” which, let us recall, was exhibited in Contamines-Montjoie in Haute-Savoie.
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11:08 – A possible spread in Contamines-Montjoie, in Haute-Savoie
The coronavirus is said to have spread this time from a meeting of relatives in a chalet in Contamines-Montjoie, in Haute-Savoie. The 11 people closest to the Briton are prose in charge, but can there be other people exposed? This is the question that the authorities will have to answer for the next few hours. “It is now an important operation to identify contact cases that are starting,” said Agnes Buzyn.
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11:05 – The number of patients in France increases to 11
The discovery of 5 new cases of coronavirus in France increases the number of infected people to 11. The assessment was indeed so far 6 infected people. The Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn had indicated yesterday that all were in good health and that it was envisaged for certain patients to be discharged from the hospital shortly.
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11:03 – A “cluster” concentrated in Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne
The Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn gave more information on the new infected in France. It is a “cluster”, that is to say a grouping of several cases around an “initial case”, she said. The source of the contamination is a British national, who passed through Singapore and who then stayed “for a few days”, in Contamines-Montjoie, in Haute-Savoie, in a chalet where “11 people in total, all of British nationality” , have been exhibited. In addition to these five positive people, other “close contacts” of this British national were hospitalized on the night of Friday to Saturday in Lyon, Saint-Etienne and Grenoble, according to the minister.
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10:42 – Five new cases of coronavirus confirmed in France
The Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn confirmed this Saturday February 8, 2020, in the morning, that 5 new patients of the coronavirus had been confirmed. These people have been identified in the Rhône-Alpes region and are part of the same family. Four adults and a child are concerned, they are all hospitalized, but none shows any sign of seriousness according to the minister.
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