12-05-2013 5:45 p.m.
HEALTH - The health status of the second patient infected with coronavirus worsened Sunday. He had been contaminated after roommates first patient diagnosed, confirming the possible transmission of the virus between humans.
The second French ill affected by the new coronavirus has seen his health worsen Sunday. It had to be transferred to intensive care at mid-day, announced the Regional University Hospital Centre of Lille (CHU). The patient has more difficulty breathing because "its oxygen requirements have worsened," he told AFP a spokesman for the University Hospital, noting that he was not at this stage under respiratory assistance, the inverse of the first patient. A clinical assessment will be conducted on arrival in the ICU.
He is also the subject of an antibiotic administered "fairly aggressive", according to Professor Benoit Guery, the Infectious Diseases department of the hospital. The patient shared room for 4 days the first carrier of the virus detected in France , a man who traveled to Dubai, while respiratory disease had not yet been detected.... http://www.metrofrance.com/info/coronavirus-le-deuxieme-malade-transfere-en-reanimation/mmel!OL2Aw5kj3tIHU/
