%0 Journal Article %T First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020 %+ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [Stockholm, Sweden] (ECDC) %+ WHO Regional Office for Europe [Copenhagen] %+ Robert Koch Institute [Berlin] (RKI) %+ Santé publique France - French National Public Health Agency [Saint-Maurice, France] %+ Centre National de Référence des virus des infections respiratoires (dont la grippe) - National Reference Center Virus Influenzae [Paris] (CNR - laboratoire coordonnateur) %+ Centre National de Référence des Virus des Infections Respiratoires (dont la Grippe) [Lyon] (CNR - laboratoire associé) %+ Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) %+ Istituto Nazionale di Malattie Infettive "Lazzaro Spallanzani" (INMI) %+ Centro de Coordinacion de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias - Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies [Madrid, Spain] (CCAES) %+ Rospotrebnadzor - Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being [Moscow, Russia] %+ Santé publique France Nouvelle-Aquitaine [Bordeaux] %+ Santé publique France Auvergne‑Rhône‑Alpes %+ Rega Institute for Medical Research [Leuven, België] %+ Sciensano [Bruxelles] %+ Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare [Helsinki, Finland] (FIHW) %A Spiteri, Gianfranco %A Fielding, James %A Diercke, Michaela %A Campese, Christine %A Enouf, Vincent %A Gaymard, Alexandre %A Bella, Antonino %A Sognamiglio, Paola %A Sierra Moros, Maria José %A Riutort, Antonio Nicolau %A Demina, Yulia %A Mahieu, Romain %A Broas, Markku %A Bengnér, Malin %A Buda, Silke %A Schilling, Julia %A Filleul, Laurent %A Lepoutre, Agnès %A Saura, Christine %A Mailles, Alexandra %A Levy-Bruhl, Daniel %A Coignard, Bruno %A Bernard-Stoecklin, Sibylle %A Behillil, Sylvie %A van der Werf, Sylvie %A Valette, Martine %A Lina, Bruno %A Riccardo, Flavia %A Nicastri, Emanuele %A Casas, Inmaculada %A Larrauri, Amparo %A Salom Castell, Magdalena %A Pozo, Francisco %A Maksyutov, Rinat %A Martin, Charlotte %A van Ranst, Marc %A Bossuyt, Nathalie %A Siira, Lotta %A Sane, Jussi %A Tegmark-Wisell, Karin %A Palmérus, Maria %A Broberg, Eeva %A Beauté, Julien %A Jorgensen, Pernille %A Bundle, Nick %A Pereyaslov, Dmitriy %A Adlhoch, Cornelia %A Pukkila, Jukka %A Pebody, Richard %A Olsen, Sonja %A Ciancio, Bruno Christian %< avec comité de lecture %@ 1560-7917 %J Eurosurveillance %I European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control %V 25 %N 9 %8 2020-03-05 %D 2020 %R 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.9.2000178 %M 32156327 %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]Journal articles %X In the WHO European Region, COVID-19 surveillance was implemented 27 January 2020. We detail the first European cases. As at 21 February, nine European countries reported 47 cases. Among 38 cases studied, 21 were linked to two clusters in Germany and France, 14 were infected in China. Median case age was 42 years; 25 were male. Late detection of the clusters’ index cases delayed isolation of further local cases. As at 5 March, there were 4,250 cases. %G English %2 https://pasteur.hal.science/pasteur-04098523/document %2 https://pasteur.hal.science/pasteur-04098523/file/eurosurv-25-9-1.pdf %L pasteur-04098523 %U https://pasteur.hal.science/pasteur-04098523 %~ PASTEUR %~ RIIP %~ HCL