Thorough protection against the respiratory virus in Wuhan. - HANDOUT / AEROPORTO DI ROMA / AFP

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THE ESSENTIAL

  • A new variant of the coronavirus, close to SARS but still mysterious, is developing from China. The virus is transmitted from human to human.
  • The World Health Organization has not yet decided whether this new threat constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern", like Ebola, Zika or the H1N1 flu.
  • The Chinese authorities have nevertheless decided to quarantine the city of Wuhan which seems to be at the center of this epidemic. A city of 11 million inhabitants and inhabitants.

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9:52 a.m .: What about France?

The Directorate General of Health (DGS) is alerting this evening to the fact that the risk of introduction into France of the new #coronavirus 2019-nCoV goes from low to moderate. The risk of dissemination among the French population is nevertheless considered to be very low.

- Sylvie Burnouf (@SylvieBurnouf) January 22, 2020

Sylvie Burnouf is a science journalist. She clarified that the DGS considers the risk of contamination low because the French health system is, according to the organization, well prepared for the arrival of cases.

9:46 a.m .: Direction Wuhan

Since 10:00 local time (2:00 GMT), no more trains or planes should in principle leave the city of 11 million inhabitants located in the center of China. The city on the banks of the Yangtze is at the heart of the epidemic which since December has infected more than 500 people and left 17 dead, according to a last report released on Wednesday evening. All those who died died in Wuhan or its region.

"The inhabitants must not leave Wuhan without specific reason," announced the headquarters responsible for combating the epidemic at the municipal level. This decision is made to "effectively stop the spread of the virus," he said, as China prepares to enter its long New Year's holiday on Friday, which causes hundreds of millions of people each year. trips.

9.40 am: Hello, welcome to this new 20-minute live. Here Rachel, we are going to follow here all day the developments concerning the coronavirus, this new respiratory infection still mysterious for scientists.

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