10.55 am: Two caregivers from Tenon hospital tested positive, not serious
Two members of the nursing staff at the Tenon hospital in Paris, where one of the serious cases of new coronavirus in the Oise is hospitalized, tested positive and admitted to Pitié-Salpêtrière, but their state of health does not inspire do not worry, announced in a statement the Public Assistance-Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP). Their condition “does not present any severity criteria,” she adds.
An Oise patient with Covid-19 has been hospitalized since February 21 in the intensive care unit of Tenon, in serious condition. He tested positive on February 27. “The other professionals who have been in contact” with this patient “and who present symptoms of the disease (cough, fever, cold) were immediately removed from office and removed,” said the AP-HP.
The caregivers of Tenon “presenting no symptoms but for whom the risk of exposure was considered high were placed in professional eviction to avoid any risk of spread”. “The impact on the functioning of the services in which the professionals concerned are being evaluated, in conjunction with the health authorities”, specifies the AP-HP, which must give details during a press conference late morning.
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