The last patient who was hospitalized in France after being infected with the new coronavirus is " cured " and " was able to go home, " said Minister of Health Olivier Véran on Monday evening. The latter patient is one of six Britons (including a child) contaminated by a compatriot returning from Singapore whom they had encountered in a chalet in Contamines-Montjoie (Haute-Savoie) at the end of January. " Tonight, there are no more patients hospitalized in France, the last hospitalized in Lyon is cured, he is no longer contagious and was able to return home, " said Mr. Véran at the daily press conference of the ministry.
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" There is no patient identified this evening on the national territory " and " there is no circulation of the virus on the national territory this evening ," continued Mr. Véran, adding that the authorities' strategy to prevent the spread of the virus was " adaptable and revisable at any time ". So far, twelve cases of infection with the new coronavirus have been identified in France since the end of January. This resulted in eleven healings and one death, that of an 80-year-old Chinese tourist who died on February 14.
In addition, since the start of the epidemic, more than 350 people have been placed in quarantine in France after being repatriated from Wuhan in several waves. Most of them have come out normally since then, and only the fourth wave remains, 28 French arrived on Friday in a holiday center in the village of Branville (Calvados).
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