Corona cases in France double in one day and reach 38

Arab Weather - The French Health Minister said Thursday that the number of confirmed cases of the new Corona virus in France has more than doubled within 24 hours to 38 from 18 cases only on Wednesday.

Minister Olivier Ferrand added at a press conference that this "sharp increase" was due to the identification of so-called "connected people" who had known cases before then, adding that France was "ready" to tackle the epidemic, according to Reuters.

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Later, Jerome Salomon, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Health, said that two people out of the 38 injured and 12 people had recovered while 24 people were being treated in hospitals, two of them in “serious condition”.