Two people who were in contact with the man suffering from an acute respiratory infection linked to the new variant of the virus that causes SARS have symptoms requiring hospitalization, announced Thursday the Regional Health Agency of the Nord Pas-de Calais.
The two men were in contact with the patient during his hospital stay in Valenciennes from 27 to 29 April: it is a roommate and a doctor.
These two people have "symptoms requiring specialized consulting infectious diseases, completed sampling and surveillance in hospital in a single room," said the LRA.
The patient, the first case of this new coronavirus infection in France, is a 65-year-old in Nord-Pas-de-Calais who stayed in Dubai from 9 to 17 April this year, which is in a "disturbing "according to health authorities.http://www.capital.fr/a-la-une/actualites/soupcons-de-virus-proche-du-sras-chez-deux-autres-personnes-841945#xtor=RSS-217
