Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in France, announced Tuesday, February 25, Jérôme Salomon, the director general of Health.

It is a woman returning from China hospitalized in Paris and a man returning from Lombardy, Italy, and is now in a hospital in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

This brings to 14 the number of confirmed cases in France since the start of the epidemic, including one death, that of an elderly Chinese tourist.

Are you coming back from an area affected by #coronavirus # Covid19?
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- Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Rhône region (@prefetrhone) February 25, 2020

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