User:Sami270/COVID-19 Pandemic in Normandy

The COVID-19 pandemic in Normandy, is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Normandy on 27 February 2020,

Context
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed a new coronavirus being the origine of an respiratory disease on Wuhan inhabitants, in Hubei province, China, reported to WHO on 31 December 2019,. An high risk at international level was declared on 28 February and pandemic was officially announced on 11 Mars.

The virus was first detected in France on 23 January on trois peoples returning from Wuhan (2 from Paris and 1 from Bordeaux).

In anticipation of the arrival of possibles cases of Covid-19 in Normandy, the Norman health services, in particular hospitals of Caen and Rouen, are prepared from January. The Normandy Regional Health Agency (ARS in french) is the institution in charge of monitoring the epidemic and coordinating the response to it at the level of the Normandy region.

28 French returnees from Wuhan, are placed for 2 weeks in isolation in a holiday village near the town of Branville in Calvados on February 21, 2020. None of these showed any symptoms.

As of February 26, 18 cases have been identified in France, as well as 2 deaths, in 5 metropolitan regions, including 6 in the Île-de-France region bordering Normandy.

First cases
On 27 February 2020, a health professional from the Rouen University Hospital from Bois-Guillaume, returning from a stay in Germany, was confirmed as the first case of COVID-19 in Normandy and Seine-Maritime, leading to the surveillance of 41 people who have been in contact,. 4 days later, on 2 March 2020, one of the contact cases residing in Eure was hospitalized at Rouen University Hospital and was confirmed as the second case in Normandy and the first in Eure.