The novel coronavirus first appeared in France on December 27, 2019, said Yves Cohen, an intensive care chief from Avicenne Hospital in Paris, in an interview with local media BFMTV on Sunday.
巴黎阿维肯医院(Avicenne Hospital)的重症监护主任伊夫·科恩(Yves Cohen)周日在接受当地媒体BFMTV采访时说，法国首例新型冠状病毒病例于于2019年12月27日出现。
He said his medical team revisited test results of 24 patients with respiratory infections and tested negative for flu and other kinds of coronavirus in December and January, among them a male patient showed positive for COVID-19.
他说，他的医疗团队在12月和1月重新检查了24例呼吸道感染患者的检测结果，检测出这些患者流感和其他冠状病毒阴性，其中一名男性患者显示COVID-19阳性。
The patient was tested in hospital on December 27, a month before the first French cases were //confirm/i/ied, Cohen said, adding that the test had been repeated several times to confirm the result.
科恩说，该患者于12月27日在医院进行了检查，这比法国宣布的首例确诊病例早了一个月，他还并补充说为了保证结果的可靠性，他们重复了几次该检查。
The patient was sick for 15 days and infected his two children but not his wife who works in a fish stall of a supermarket.
该病人生病了15天，感染了他的两个孩子，但没有感染在一家超市的鱼摊工作的妻子。
Cohen initially questioned whether the wife had been exposed to fish products from China, but later confirmed that she had only been exposed to fish produced in France.
科恩最初质疑妻子是否曾接触过来自中国的鱼产品，但后来证实她仅接触过法国生产的鱼。
The expert said the man might be "patient zero".
专家说，这名男子可能是“零号病人”。
"But perhaps there are other patients in other regions." he said. "The virus might still be circulating."
“但是也许其他地区还有其他患者。”他说。 “病毒可能仍在传播。”
Both the man and the children have recovered and are in good health now.
现在，这名男子和孩子们都已经康复并且身体健康。
As of Monday, France has reported more than 168,000 COVID-19 cases and 24,898 deaths.
截至周一，法国报告了超过168,000例COVID-19病例和24,898例死亡病例。
