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Detected by new corona doctors in France at the end of last year

(CNN) A new type of coronavirus was newly detected in the samples of inpatients collected by a hospital in Paris, France at the end of last year. The new virus had been present for weeks before the first case was reported in the country.

Intensive care specialists from a hospital in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the north of Paris announced on the 3rd in IJAA, a specialized magazine on antibacterial drugs.

The team at the hospital had cryopreserved specimens of patients who were hospitalized with flu-like symptoms between December 2nd last year and January 16th this year, and were not finally diagnosed with flu. Examined.

As a result, a new virus-positive reaction was found in a sample collected from a male (42) born in Algeria.

The man has lived in France for many years and has worked as a fish seller. I visited Algeria last August for the last time, and I had never been to China. One of the male children was said to be sick.

The team notes that the patient had no connection to China or a history of travel, suggesting that the infection had spread to France at the end of December.

It was the first official announcement from the country on January 24 that two people who had traveled to Wuhan, China were infected

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