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It is the first death of a Frenchman since the appearance of Covid-19: a man died in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in Paris, after being infected with the new coronavirus. He is a teacher from a college in Crépy-en-Valois in Oise. He had first been hospitalized in Creil hospital, before being transferred to Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris. And according to information from Europe 1, the Creil hospital has launched the "white plan". Consequences: all the non-urgent operations which were planned are canceled and all the hospital staff is on alert, mobilizable very quickly if we were to discover new cases.
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An investigation launched urgently
The 60-year-old may not have traveled to an area affected by the coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Education. "The investigation was launched urgently" on the place where this patient could have been infected and on his entourage, explained Wednesday the number two of the Ministry of Health, Jérôme Salomon, at a press conference.
For the moment, the balance sheet of the Covid-19 disease in France is two dead (the Frenchman of 60 years and a Chinese tourist of 80 years), eleven cures and four patients still hospitalized, that is to say 17 cases in total. In addition to the deceased 60-year-old, two new cases were confirmed Wednesday, in addition to the two already announced Tuesday evening. No case had been spotted in France since February 15, but in the meantime, the disease has spread to Italy, a border country which is also the most affected in Europe.