Science and Technology Daily, Paris, May 10 (Reporter Li Hongce) On May 7, the head of the medical imaging department of Albert Schweizer Hospital in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France revealed to the French news network that after further inspection, the A male patient admitted to the hospital on December 2 last year was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. This news pushed the time of the first case of new French pneumonia patients forward again.

　　According to the announcement issued by Albert Schweizer Hospital on the 7th, the head of the medical imaging department of the hospital, Dr. Michelle Schmidt, has re-examined the chest radiographs taken in the past six months, from November 1 last year to this year. On April 30, a total of 2456 copies. The study found that between November and December last year, there were 15 suspected cases with typical new coronary pneumonia symptoms. The earliest suspected cases can be traced back to November 16 last year, and the number of similar cases has been slow until the end of February this year. Growth, and then entered a rapid rise phase, and reached a peak on March 31.

　　At present, the hospital is conducting more analysis and further examination of the 15 early suspected cases. Dr. Schmidt told the French news network that the new crown virus test has confirmed that one of the suspected cases admitted to the hospital on December 2 was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia. The 57-year-old male patient was hospitalized for about a week and is currently in good health. It is not clear how he was infected with the virus.

　　The Albert Schweitzer Hospital is located in the Great Eastern Region, one of the earliest areas in France where the discovery of neocoronal pneumonia cluster infections and epidemics is the heaviest, and the first confirmed case was officially notified on February 27.

　　For the suspected case on November 16, last year, according to an interview with the radiologist of the hospital by the Parisian, they also believed that the chest image of the patient conformed to the characteristics of the new coronavirus infection case. Dr. Jean-Philippe Marson, president of the French Association of Radiologists, said: "This lung image has four lesions that are consistent with the characteristics of the new coronavirus infection. These types of lesions are characterized by mild and severe, and Both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections are found in the lungs, so the conclusion that this patient is infected with the new coronavirus is relatively credible. "

　　Albert Schweitzer Hospital and the French National Center for Scientific Research have established a cooperation to conduct epidemiological analysis on this, and further research will depend on the support of more biological data and inpatient medical records.

　　In addition, the medical journal International Journal of Antibacterial Agents published a paper "New Coronavirus has been circulating in France at the end of December 2019" on May 3, and retrospective testing confirmed that a male patient was affected by the new crown on December 27 last year. Pneumonia was hospitalized. The paper pointed out that due to the lack of association between this case and China, and the lack of travel history before the onset, it indicates that the new coronavirus may have spread in France by the end of last year. It can also be speculated that during January of this year, there may be a large number of asymptomatic infections in France, which caused the virus to spread further. The paper also stated that this finding changed the perception of the development of the new French pneumonia epidemic, and the corresponding research model had to be adjusted accordingly.

　　In response to the paper, Maria van Kokhov, technical director of the WHO Health Emergency Program, said on the 6th that more information is needed on this case to determine its past experience. France may have a confirmed case in December. Important Is to further study the relevant situation. Michael Ryan, the head of the WHO Health Emergency Program, said he looks forward to further investigations by other researchers around the world, and may find a similar situation. At the same time, he also looks forward to passing peer-reviewed papers so that he can see the verified tests and discuss their results. .

　　Editor-in-chief

　　Don't protest each other, but fight the epidemic together. The World Health Organization says that convincing retrospective research may make the whole picture of the epidemic more clear. The first new case of French pneumonia in France may have occurred in early December last year. How did this person get the virus and whether his close contacts were infected? If there is an epidemiological follow-up on this case, will there be new ones? Find? The new crown virus is now spreading in the world. How does it enter the human community, how does it develop into what it is today, will it come back in the future ... For the community of human destiny, the traceability of the virus is a scientific issue and a panoramic picture. The whole world has completed this puzzle together.