Five British citizens, including one young child, became infected with the corona virus after sharing a home at a French resort with one returning from Singapore.

They were found to be infected with a new strain of coronavirus (nCoV) after French officials began tracing the recent travel history of a British citizen, who was identified with the recent nCoV infection, Jerome Salomon, an official. French senior health, said in today's press conference.

Five people newly infected with nCoV, including a baby, were in not too serious condition, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn added. They all lived in a separate bungalow at the Contamines-Montjoie resort in Savoie, eastern France.

This is a resort located on the French Alps, near the Swiss city of Geneva.

"The source of the disease we discovered last night, this is a British national who returned from Singapore on a flight from January 22 to January 23. This person arrived in France on January 24 and stayed here for 4 days. ", Buzyn said.

French health officials checked two rooms in the bungalow and informed and instructed people who had been in close contact and for a long time with these people, but confirmed that there were no other people at present. The resort is not infected.

The nCoV-infected Britons were hospitalized today in the cities of Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne. With 5 new cases of nCoV infection today, the number of cases in France has increased to 11.

In the remaining 6 cases of nCoV infection one was in critical condition, while the remaining 5 patients had positive progress.

France is communicating with Singapore and the UK, while Singapore authorities are investigating a business meeting taking place in the island nation from January 20 to January 23 with the participation of 94 foreigners. Brits with nCoV in France attended the meeting, according to Singapore health officials.

Malaysian health officials said many Chinese, including one from Wuhan, where the pneumonia epidemic began in December 2019, also attended the meeting. Malaysia, South Korea and Singapore have recorded cases of nCoV infection that have been to this meeting.

China has blocked Wuhan and many other cities, but it has not yet been able to control the outbreak. The epidemic has now spread to 26 countries and territories around the world, leaving at least 724 people dead and more than 34,000 infected.