"A Chinese national who came to file a complaint did not feel well," said a police source. The entrances and exits of the police station were blocked while checking.

A Chinese national was unwell Monday in a police station in the thirteenth arrondissement of Paris and as a precaution, the entrances and exits were blocked while checking to see if it is the new coronavirus, we learned from police source.

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"A Chinese national who came to file a complaint did not feel well," the police source said, adding that the Samu was warned. "As a precaution, nobody enters or leaves the police station," added this source, the time to carry out checks to find out if this woman has the new coronavirus. The health ministry was informed, the source said.

"The doubt is removed, it is not a question of the coronavirus", then assured AFP a police source.

A note sent in early February

At the beginning of February, a memo was sent to the Parisian police stations by the director of proximity security of the Parisian agglomeration (DSPAP) to recall the principles of handling a suspect case and the protective measures for agents.

Sunday, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran recalled that the epidemic situation had not changed in France, where only one person remains hospitalized. A Chinese tourist died in Paris and ten other patients are cured.