Infected with the coronavirus, the 48-year-old patient hospitalized in Bordeaux since January 23, left CHU Pellegrin on Thursday, announced the site specialized in the world of Vitisphère wine.
The CHU declined to comment on the information, referring to a press conference scheduled for Friday morning. The Regional Health Agency also refused any confirmation, referring to the Ministry of Health.
The man, a commercial adviser in the wine sector for the Gironde Chamber of Agriculture, took blood samples, then underwent a lung scan Thursday morning before leaving the hospital "completely healed", according to the site specialized.
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This Bordeaux native of Chinese origin had returned to France on January 22 from China. He had notably passed through Wuhan where the virus appeared at the end of 2019. He was hospitalized the next day in Bordeaux, after presenting to SOS Doctors with cough and fever. Confirmation of its contamination was announced on January 24.
“This forced isolation made me realize how precious the daily life is. I was locked up. It was hard. This banal but fundamental freedom to be free to move, like going out on the street, going, coming, are essential, "said the patient at the site.
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He added now aspire to a few days of vacation, to "breathe, rest your head, far from the world, in the open air" before returning to work, he told Vitisphère again.
Two other infected people released from hospital
Two people infected with the coronavirus now "cured" were released from hospital on Wednesday, announced the Ministry of Health. It is the couple of thirty-something Chinese who was hospitalized at Bichat hospital in Paris.
The two patients, a 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman from Wuhan, arrived in France on January 18. Their contamination had been announced on January 24, just like that of Bordeaux.
Eight French people are still hospitalized in France, after being infected with the virus.
