# 7244
Via a brief and less-than-detailed press release from France’s Health Ministry, we learn of an imported case of novel coronavirus infection, courtesy of a traveler returning from the UAE.
While we saw an another case originating from the UAE last March (see WHO: Update On NCoV Fatality In Germany), I suspect that no time will be wasted in seeing if this person’s infection is linked – in any possible way – to the outbreak currently ongoing in neighboring Saudi Arabia.
As they say, an epidemiological investigation is ongoing. Stay tuned.
First confirmed case of coronavirus in France
May 8, 2013
An acute respiratory infection linked to the new coronavirus (NCoV) has been reported to the Institut de Veille Sanitaire (VS) by the National Reference Center (NRC) at the Pasteur Institute who carried out the virological analyzes. This is the first and only confirmed case in France to this day.
It concerns a person returning from a trip to the United Arab Emirates. She is currently hospitalized in intensive care and placed in isolation.
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has immediately launched a thorough epidemiological investigation surrounding this case.
Marisol Touraine, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, held a press conference today at 24:00
In the presence of:
- Dr. Jean-Yves Grall, Director General of Health
- Dr. Françoise Weber, Director of the Institute of Health
Newsroom 1, Place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris
