Detection of new coronavirus in non drinking tap water in Paris

19 April 2020 French time,French novel coronavirus pneumonia cumulative deaths increased to 19718 cases. Paris municipal authorities announced the same day in the city's non drinking water system detected the new coronavirus, although it is "trace" but caused close attention.

French Prime Minister Philippe and health minister Velan jointly held a press conference on the same day, and the latest epidemic data was directly released at the press conference. There were 395 new deaths in France on the same day, and the total number of deaths rose to 19718, including 12069 hospital deaths and 7649 nursing home deaths.

At present, 30610 novel coronavirus pneumonia patients are still hospitalized in France, of whom 5744 are severe. The number of inpatients and severe patients continued to decline slowly. France's director of health, Salomon, said the controls were working and called on people not to relax their vigilance.

The non drinking water system in Paris detected "traces" of the new coronavirus on the same day. The Paris municipal government suspended the use of non drinking water systems after it found "traces" of the virus in four of the 27 sites tested.

Brauer, deputy mayor of ecology in Paris, explained that virus traces in non drinking water system are very small, but can still be detected, so the municipal government decided to adopt the "precautionary principle", and the health department will further analyze the possible risks of these micro viruses.

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