MP and mayor of Levallois, Patrick Balkany, dropped a disturbing scoop Monday. In a written question to the Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, and published on his blog , he says that many cases of people infected with Ebola virus have been reported in France.
"Madam Minister recently said that the risk of importing the virus in Europe and France was weak, adding that no imported cases had also been reported. According reliable medical sources, several cases have been reported on the French territory, "assures Patrick Balkany.
"There is only one medical source"
Contacted by MetroNews, Patrick Balkany and his wife, Isabelle, refused to give details. "This is a written question the minister just confirm this or deny," says Isabelle Balkany which however nuanced reliability of this information: "No there is only one medical source refuses to come forward. "
Also joined by MetroNews, the Ministry of Health "categorically denies" that information. "There is no recorded case in France, however we remain very vigilant," said an adviser to the minister. "This is very serious to deliver false information and moreover when can create panic," Has he said annoyed. Yet the couple Levallois confirmed and signed, "With the free, I do not see how France could be saved had been done we hit with Chernobyl.". https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metronews.fr%2Finfo%2Fvirus-ebola-en-france-patrick-balkany-l-affirme-malgre-le-dementi-du-ministere%2Fmnhk!tz4uQ5HsNXD9U%2F&edit-text=