Hantavirus: This Time France Prepares, Coordinates and Reassures the Population
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The Lyon CHU is home to one of the 18 regional reference health facilities (ESRs) that can accommodate contact cases of the ship MV Hondius or patients who have developed symptoms evoking the Andes strain l的hantavirus.
22 cases of contact positive people to the Hantavirus have been identified in France to date. A French passenger from the cruise ship hospitalized at the Bichat hospital in Paris positive to the virus
22 cases of Hantavirus contacts have been identified in France, including one in Concarneau, Finistère. The man is one of the travellers who crossed in a flight the Dutch cruiser infected with the virus on the MV Hondius and died in Johannesburg. He must remain confined before his transfer to the CHU of Rennes which could take place in the evening.
One of the 22 persons of French nationality identified as a case of contact with the hantavirus was confined to Concarneau. It must be transferred to the CHU of Rennes.
The town hall of Concarneau confirmed this Monday evening, the information of "Ouest-France" according to which a case of contact with hantavirus is currently confined in the city. On the spot, we prefer to wait to know more before worrying.
According to BFMTV's information, about 20 people who had been in contact with cruise ships were identified in France. These were people who were on board flights taken by passengers of the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak.
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