LILLE (AFP) - 11.05.2013 8:14
Three suspected cases of infection with the new coronavirus, similar to that of SARS, are negative, while in a fourth case, a former neighbor patient sickroom reached, "further investigations are needed," according to the results of tests .Three people whose case was cause for concern are ultimately not affected by the close of the SARS virus, but doubts still remain about a fourth.
For the latter, a former roommate of patient suffering, "further investigations are needed," said the Ministry of Health said in a statement Saturday.
During his hospital stay in Valenciennes, from 27 to 29 April, the patient had coasted 65 year old man suffering from newcoronavirus (nCoV), close to the SARS. He is currently hospitalized and isolated Infectious Diseases Service at the University Hospital of Lille. This virus causes severe breathing problems.
One hundred and twenty people were identified in the surroundings of the patient, also hospitalized in Lille, serving ICU and hospital where he stayed at Valenciennes and Douai.
The health authorities have announced three suspects Thursday and Friday, including where additional tests are needed. A fourth case was identified Friday, where concerns have since been lifted.
Three people - the patient who had rubbed the patient, a doctor, a nurse - "and a fourth in the 10th of May had symptoms that led to virological sampling and placing them under observation in isolation in service Infectious Diseases, "the ministry said.
"For three people, negative results are to be confirmed by the national reference center of the Pasteur Institute in Paris," the ministry said.
The Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, must go Saturday morning at University Hospital of Lille for a visit.
It is in this hospital only institution in the region practicing the medical care necessary for his health, the patient was transferred in midweek. His condition "serious but stable" according to the regional health agency, required the establishment of cardiopulmonary support to take over its respiratory functions.
The patient was presented April 23 at the Hospital of Valenciennes (North), where he was followed for a chronic disease. He had digestive problems. As the ICU was full, it was then transferred April 29 to hospital Douai (Nord), where respiratory problems had been reported.
The first case of infection with the new virus had been confirmed in France on May 7, said the Ministry of Health.
Cases of infection have been detected in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Kingdom and Germany. A total of 33 confirmed cases in the world of this new virus have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) since September 2012 and 18 people died, including 11 in Saudi Arabia.
Most people who have the virus was detected developed severe respiratory failure SARS type, severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by another virus that killed nearly 800 people in China and Asia in 2003. Symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath and other breathing difficulties.
The new coronavirus - the virus of this family are many and varied, which can affect humans as animals - has been tentatively named nCoV.
According to the Institute of Health, the two British patients had not traveled in the region of the Arabian Peninsula, but had been in contact with a patient.
"These factors strongly suggest the existence of human transmission of infection," said InVS, but the data collected to date indicate that this mode of transmission is not "important". http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/info/p-1911-redir.htm?&rub=1&xml=newsmlmmd.491a79cadc2b5f05acb1805dee03a9ed.d1.xml
