While Marseille news is punctuated in recent days by the repatriation and quarantine in the department of hundreds of French nationals, evacuated from China due to the epidemic of coronavirus, another epidemic could affect the second city of France .
In a statement sent this Saturday evening, the Regional Health Agency said that 13 people working on the same shipyard in Marseille have contracted "pneumococcal pneumonia". This disease, which is transmitted "during close and prolonged contact for one hour", can cause pulmonary infections and ENT, but can take, "for 10 to 30% of patients", "more forms severe invasive infections ”.
Consequently, as of Monday, a vast vaccination campaign for all 4,000 workers on this site will be implemented to prevent the spread of the disease, said a source within the Regional Health Agency at 20 Minutes .
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