More French Cities Placed on Largest Coronavirus Alert

Four French cities were put on the biggest coronavirus alert on Thursday and joined Paris and other metropolitan areas where bars were closed with increasingly urgent bids to prevent a rapidly accelerating outbreak.

Daily number Coronavirus On Wednesday, 18,746 infections occurred in France. Health authorities Records have been reported since the beginning of extensive testing.

The positive rate of test results increased from about 4.5% a month ago to 9.1%.

“Unfortunately, France’s health continues to deteriorate,” Health Minister Olivier Véran told the country live.

“Every day in France, more and more people are infected, more and more ill and suffer from the serious consequences of requiring hospitalization,” he said.

Verin announced that Lille, Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne will be at their highest alert level on Saturday and will join the overseas territories of Paris, Aix-Marseille and Guadeloupe.

At these locations, the bars are closed and the restaurant will take additional safety measures, such as the minimum distance between tables and registering the client’s address, to warn if other diners test positive. is needed.

Public meetings are also limited.

According to the latest data, about 116 out of 100,000 people in France are positive for the coronavirus, and 11 or 12 out of every 10 infected people are infected in turn, Veran said.

Ministers encourage people to contribute to their braking efforts by wearing face masks and keeping a safe social distance from others, even in homes where the number of young people infected with older and vulnerable families is a concern. Prompted to.

Living with a virus

Finance Minister Bruno Le Mer expands the “solidarity fund” to protect employment and business and suffers from the secondary impact of restrictions on tourism, culture and sports activities such as car rental companies, florists and travel insurance. Announced to include 75,000 companies.

“We need to learn to live with the virus. It’s here. It doesn’t go away overnight,” Le Mer said.

“We need to protect ourselves … but we have to keep working, produce, protect our jobs and prepare for tomorrow’s French economy,” he said. ..

On Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron said the country was “unusual and we wouldn’t be in the months.”

According to Veran, pressure on hospitals in the Paris area is increasing day by day, with COVID patients increasingly occupying the intensive care unit and other non-urgent procedures needing to be cancelled.

ARS health officials in the Paris area warned of a “wave of large-scale incidents” and urged hospitals to face emergencies and mobilize additional doctors.

“We need to put all our troops into battle,” agency chief Aurelian Rousseau told AFP.

On Wednesday, 455 intensive care units in and around Paris were occupied by COVID patients. This is more than 40 percent of the total.

Le Canard Enchaine, citing a confidential report to Macron, said the number is expected to surge to 85% by mid-November.

It could urge authorities to impose even stricter restrictions on the capital, which already requires people to wear it. Face mask In all public spaces, indoors and outdoors.

Nationally, the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients increased across France from 7,377 the day before to 7,514 on Wednesday, to 1,406 in the intensive care unit. There are 5,000 intensive care units nationwide.

Also on Wednesday, authorities reported 80 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number in France to 32,445.

The government said it would do everything possible to avoid another general blockade.

© 2020 AFP