A new case of Coronavirus reported in France

A new case of Coronavirus reported in France -  France Bleu has reported that a 62-year-old man has been helicoptered and hospitalized on Tuesday night at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris and has tested positive for Covid-19, the new coronavirus.

France’s ministry of health confirmed two other cases on Tuesday: a young Chinese woman hospitalized in Paris and a man from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, recently returned from a trip to Lombardy. These two patients are doing well. Eleven other infected people have recovered from the disease.

On the other hand, tests are negative for four high school students from Hauts-de-Seine: five students in Courbevoie were hospitalized on Tuesday, after a trip to Italy. Those in good health will be able to return home. The results of the fifth have not yet been released.

More information to come.

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