First COVID-19 cases in France date back to November 16, 2019
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France had Covid-19 in November, hospital says after analysis of chest scans
Published: 9:38pm, 8 May, 2020
Timeline of coronavirus takes twist after early case identified in France
7 May 2020
Medical staff in Mulhouse, where France first detected a spike in cases, transfer a patient to hospital. Photo: AFP
Covid-19
cases in France can be dated back to as early as November 16, nearly 10 weeks before the country’s first confirmed cases of the disease were thought to have occurred, according to a French hospital.
The November case was identified by the hospital’s medical imaging department after carrying out a retrospective study on about 2,500 chest scans performed between November 1 and April 30.
The findings came as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on countries to investigate pneumonia-like cases from late last year to get a clearer picture of how the new disease spread.
Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert in animal diseases, said at a press briefing on Friday that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 originates or spreads in bats and can spread among cats, although it remains unclear which animal may have transmitted the disease to humans, Bloomberg reported.
The global health body has previously said that establishing the animal of origin is key to preventing a zoonotic disease outbreak happening again. The timeline of the spread of the disease can also provide critical information about the viral genome and how it has evolved, which can be important for developing drugs to combat it.
In France, some cases were already in circulation in November, said Michel Schmitt, chief doctor of the medical imaging department at Albert Schweitzer Hospital in the town of Colmar in Alsace, near the border with Germany.
“The first case was noted in our centre on November 16,” said a press release published by the hospital on Thursday.
“[There was a] very slow progression of the pathology’s negative impact until the end of February, then a rapid increase in its impact, peaking on March 31.”
According to the doctor, the virus dispersed sporadically after the first case in mid-November, before accelerating during year-end events such as Christmas markets and family celebrations until the epidemic went full-blown after a religious gathering in the city of Mulhouse, about 40km (25 miles) south of Colmar, in the last week of February.
The hospital said it would collaborate with the French National Centre for Scientific Research to open an epidemiological investigation into its findings.
A peer-reviewed study published on Sunday had
already pushed the date of the first known case in France back to December 27
– a 42-year-old man admitted to a Paris hospital with symptoms including cough, chest pain, headache and fever. He was thought to be connected to a person who travelled from China before the virus was identified, the WHO said.
That discovery came after researchers tested stored respiratory samples of patients with influenza-like symptoms in December and January, said the peer-reviewed paper, published on ScienceDirect.
Before that study, France’s first confirmed cases had been identified on January 24 as two people who had travelled to Wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak in central China.
The first confirmed case of the infection in China is dated November 17, according to unpublished government data seen by the South China Morning Post.
- Study finds person who had the disease 10 weeks earlier than the country detected cases
- Contagion believed to have spread slowly until the end of February before accelerating rapidly
Published: 9:38pm, 8 May, 2020
Timeline of coronavirus takes twist after early case identified in France
7 May 2020
Medical staff in Mulhouse, where France first detected a spike in cases, transfer a patient to hospital. Photo: AFP
Covid-19
cases in France can be dated back to as early as November 16, nearly 10 weeks before the country’s first confirmed cases of the disease were thought to have occurred, according to a French hospital.
The November case was identified by the hospital’s medical imaging department after carrying out a retrospective study on about 2,500 chest scans performed between November 1 and April 30.
The findings came as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on countries to investigate pneumonia-like cases from late last year to get a clearer picture of how the new disease spread.
Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert in animal diseases, said at a press briefing on Friday that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 originates or spreads in bats and can spread among cats, although it remains unclear which animal may have transmitted the disease to humans, Bloomberg reported.
The global health body has previously said that establishing the animal of origin is key to preventing a zoonotic disease outbreak happening again. The timeline of the spread of the disease can also provide critical information about the viral genome and how it has evolved, which can be important for developing drugs to combat it.
In France, some cases were already in circulation in November, said Michel Schmitt, chief doctor of the medical imaging department at Albert Schweitzer Hospital in the town of Colmar in Alsace, near the border with Germany.
“The first case was noted in our centre on November 16,” said a press release published by the hospital on Thursday.
“[There was a] very slow progression of the pathology’s negative impact until the end of February, then a rapid increase in its impact, peaking on March 31.”
According to the doctor, the virus dispersed sporadically after the first case in mid-November, before accelerating during year-end events such as Christmas markets and family celebrations until the epidemic went full-blown after a religious gathering in the city of Mulhouse, about 40km (25 miles) south of Colmar, in the last week of February.
The hospital said it would collaborate with the French National Centre for Scientific Research to open an epidemiological investigation into its findings.
A peer-reviewed study published on Sunday had
already pushed the date of the first known case in France back to December 27
– a 42-year-old man admitted to a Paris hospital with symptoms including cough, chest pain, headache and fever. He was thought to be connected to a person who travelled from China before the virus was identified, the WHO said.
That discovery came after researchers tested stored respiratory samples of patients with influenza-like symptoms in December and January, said the peer-reviewed paper, published on ScienceDirect.
Before that study, France’s first confirmed cases had been identified on January 24 as two people who had travelled to Wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak in central China.
The first confirmed case of the infection in China is dated November 17, according to unpublished government data seen by the South China Morning Post.
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SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019
Maybe I guess all these french scientists are bribe by CCP according to some delusionist...
SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019
Maybe I guess all these french scientists are bribe by CCP according to some delusionist...
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I remember an article somewhere.
Using the same method...
There's a similarity of the chest scan between vaping patients in USA with coronavirus patients.
I think using this method, we could trace the origin of the outbreak.
We should search in all countries around the world.
I think coronavirus could be slowly spread in the entire world without symptoms.
Some will get sick but misidentified as flu or pneumonia, but the chest scan doesn't lie.
But still, this kind of theory has a question...
If that so, why don't all human populations already have an antibody?
Using the same method...
There's a similarity of the chest scan between vaping patients in USA with coronavirus patients.
I think using this method, we could trace the origin of the outbreak.
We should search in all countries around the world.
I think coronavirus could be slowly spread in the entire world without symptoms.
Some will get sick but misidentified as flu or pneumonia, but the chest scan doesn't lie.
But still, this kind of theory has a question...
If that so, why don't all human populations already have an antibody?
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/soc...9-november-hospital-says-after-analysis-chest
France had Covid-19 in November, hospital says after analysis of chest scans
8 May, 2020
Covid-19 cases in France can be dated back to as early as November 16, nearly 10 weeks before the country’s first confirmed cases of the disease were thought to have occurred, according to a French hospital.
The November case was identified by the hospital’s medical imaging department after carrying out a retrospective study on about 2,500 chest scans performed between November 1 and April 30.
The findings came as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on countries to investigate pneumonia-like cases from late last year to get a clearer picture of how the new disease spread.
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France had Covid-19 in November, hospital says after analysis of chest scans
8 May, 2020
Covid-19 cases in France can be dated back to as early as November 16, nearly 10 weeks before the country’s first confirmed cases of the disease were thought to have occurred, according to a French hospital.
The November case was identified by the hospital’s medical imaging department after carrying out a retrospective study on about 2,500 chest scans performed between November 1 and April 30.
The findings came as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on countries to investigate pneumonia-like cases from late last year to get a clearer picture of how the new disease spread.
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The virus started from US quietly and passed to rest of the world. Only China declared a epidemic then the world get to know of this covid-19. The irresponsible US then blame China as wuhan virus. The virus is passed from US to China during the Oct 2019 wuhan world military game.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1185291.shtml
Ancestral type of COVID-19 virus mainly found in the US: study
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The problem is the US will bury the truth. CDC test kit not working was an excuse to hide the huge number of coronavirus patients during January and Febuary. And the US knew about the virus since November.
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I think there's some sample of lung scan of the vaping patients...
Tested using a similar method, using AI on the Tianhe supercomputer.
The result is 99% similar to the lung scan of coronavirus patients.
This is kind of thing will be hard to be published in the media under this kind of political situation.
But I think you can already guess the truth and keep it yourself.
Tested using a similar method, using AI on the Tianhe supercomputer.
The result is 99% similar to the lung scan of coronavirus patients.
This is kind of thing will be hard to be published in the media under this kind of political situation.
But I think you can already guess the truth and keep it yourself.
Burying the truth? China is the one who doesn't want an independent investigate tracing the origin of the virus. If it originated in the U.S., China be jumping up and down for it eager for such investigation. Also China is suppressing any information of peered review of the origin of the virus. And China is intimidating Europe on their report of the virus.
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The way I see it, US is trying to plant evidence in China with those so called "independent investigation". US will never allow independent investigation, because any neutral body like WHO will be called working for China. Australia, Canada have no right no called for independent investigation as they are part of US-anglo alliance. As for US alleged China's suppression of information, its all made up by US propaganda to divert attention US failure to contain the virus.
Plant evidence? China is the one who is against any independent investigation even under WHO that the U.S. decided not to fund anymore. You say its U.S. propaganda, but its China's propaganda not to get blamed for the origin of the virus which we know its in China. Even to the point of nearly 100% same genes of the virus of the bats in China.
US decide stop funding becos WHO refuse to do US bidding to criticize their slow response on US mainland.
Obviously. And as I've said before, China is against WHO investigating the origin of the virus even when the U.S. is against WHO.
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