Study says the new coronavirus has spread in France at the end of December last year and has no connection with China

(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Research says that New Coronavirus has spread in France at the end of December last year and has no connection with China

　　China News Agency, Paris, May 5 (Reporter Li Yang) A medical report on New Coronary Pneumonia conducted by the French medical team stated that the New Coronavirus had spread in France at the end of December last year, and the case had no connection with China.

　　The research report titled "New Coronavirus has been circulated in France at the end of December 2019" will be published in the medical journal "International Journal of Antibacterial Drugs", and its main content has recently been published, providing a lot of details.

On May 1, local time, France continued to be in a "closed city" state. The Labor Day demonstrations that should have been held that day were cancelled due to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. At the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, pedestrians are scarce and there are almost no vehicles. China News Service reporter Li Yangshe

　　The reporter saw the 11-page research report on the 5th. The study pointed out that researchers conducted new coronavirus tests on 14 selected case samples from April 6 to 9. These samples were collected from patients with severe pneumonia admitted in Paris, France between December 2, 2019 and January 16, 2020.

　　The study released the details of people infected with French new pneumonia at the end of December last year. The patient is 42 years old, born in Algeria and has lived in France for many years. His occupation is fishmonger. His last trip was to Algeria in August 2019. He suffers from asthma, type II diabetes and other diseases. The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit on December 27, 2019, and his symptoms included hemoptysis, cough, headache and fever. Medical tests revealed symptoms of infection in the patient's lungs.

　　The patient recovered well after receiving antibiotics in the intensive care unit and was transferred out of the intensive care unit 3 days later. The patient showed a positive result in the new coronavirus test in April this year.

　　According to the study, identifying the first French new coronavirus infection patient has important epidemiological significance and will greatly change people's perception of the spread of new coronavirus in France. The study clearly pointed out that because the above-mentioned cases are not related to China, it indicates that the new coronavirus has spread among the French population at the end of December 2019.

　　Cohen, the head of the intensive care unit at Jean-Verdier Hospital in the northeastern suburb of Paris, France, was one of the participants in the study. He had confirmed during his previous interview that a new case of coronary pneumonia occurred in Paris, France, at the end of December last year. This case appeared nearly one month earlier than the imported case first confirmed by the French Ministry of Health on January 24 this year. (Finish)