佛 Researchers “Corona existed in France a month before China”

While the Chinese government denies the origin of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), it is reported that the first case of the outbreak has been followed before December 2019.

On the 5th (local time), employees are being evaluated for Corona 19 at a nightclub in France. [AFP=연합뉴스]

According to the French media Le Monde, on the 10th (local time), the Pierre-Louis Institute for Infectious Diseases and Public Health analyzed 9144 blood samples collected from participants in the cohort project (same group) and found 13 cases since November 2019 until January. 2020. He revealed that he had a positive test for Corona 19. Of these, 10 appeared in November-December 2019.

This is one month before the official report of the first case of infection in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in late December 2019.

Half of those who were confirmed to be infected lately were found to have traveled abroad at the time or had contact with people who had other illnesses.

A woman in her 30s said that her partner had severe cough symptoms in October 2019, and another said that she had met a relative with pneumonia of unknown origin from October to December 2019. This woman was also said to have gone to Spain at that moment.

Professor Fabrys Cara, who led the study, said: “These results suggest that as of November and December 2019, the Corona 19 infection rate in France was already around 1 per 1,000 people.” It’s the same as finding her. ”

The first confirmed corona 19 in France so far was a pneumonia patient who was admitted to a hospital in Sen-Saint-Denis near Paris in late December 2019.

The Huanan Fish Market in Wuhan, Hebei Province, China, was the first to draw attention as a source of the virus. [AFP=연합뉴스]

According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that day, the World Health Organization (WHO) also identified a suspected patient with symptoms similar to corona19 in China in October 2019. It is two months before the first outbreak case officially announced by the Chinese government.

The WHO field research team, which traveled to Wuhan, China to investigate the origin of Corona 19, obtained the medical records of 92 people who had been hospitalized with similar symptoms such as pneumonia in Hubei province before December 2019. .

According to Peter Ben Embarek, head of the WHO research, the Chinese government conducted a serum test to confirm the presence or absence of corona antibodies19. The Chinese government said two-thirds of the tests were negative, except for the dead and those who rejected the test, and said that “no signs of virus infection were found.”

However, the WHO research team stated that the antibody may have disappeared more than a year after onset, so more extensive testing is needed. The presence of patients with similar symptoms is because it could be proof of when the virus spread.

The WHO investigation team said it had asked Chinese authorities to analyze serum from various samples stored in blood banks, but had not obtained permission.

Reporter Lee Min-jung [email protected]