(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) French Minister of Health: 1.3 million people in Greater Paris area will be tested for New Coronavirus
China News Agency, Paris, June 25 (Reporter Li Yang) French Health Minister Vilan said on the 25th local time that 1.3 million people in the Greater Paris area will be tested for the new coronavirus, with the aim of discovering potential cluster infections and preventing the second wave of outbreaks occur.
The French government plans to carry out large-scale virus testing in several areas with severe epidemics. In addition to the Greater Paris area, it also includes the Greater Eastern Region, Provence-Alps-Blue Coast Region and Upper France Region.
Viran elaborated on the French official virus detection plan through the French newspaper Le Monde that day, and said that it will first conduct a pilot in the Greater Paris area. If it is effective, it will be expanded to other areas in the future.
Viran revealed that 1.3 million people living in 30 municipalities in the Greater Paris area will receive test certificates issued by social security agencies, allowing them to conduct virus tests in any public or private laboratory in the area. Wiran specifically mentioned that those who have no symptoms are also eligible for testing.
Vilan said that the goal of this large-scale new coronavirus detection is to discover potential cluster infections, especially to further understand the situation of virus transmission in asymptomatic infected persons. According to reports from Agence France-Presse and other media, France currently has basically not conducted large-scale detection of new coronaviruses against asymptomatic patients.
Wieland emphasized that the spread of the new crown virus in France is not over, and he urged the public to continue to avoid large-scale gatherings and "adventurous behaviors" to stop the spread of the virus.
For the recent test results of the new coronavirus, Vilan revealed that about 250,000 tests have been conducted this week, and about 99% of the tests were negative. He also said that "targeted screening operations" will be carried out, especially in slaughterhouses. Slaughterhouses are considered to be conducive to the spread of the virus, and a number of slaughterhouses in Germany have had aggregate infections.
Wieland said the health department is preparing for the “every possible situation” where the fall epidemic is making a comeback, including buying more ventilators, increasing drug inventory, and equipping hospitals with more beds.
In France, there were 29,752 deaths from New Coronary Pneumonia on the 25th, 9141 inpatients, and 651 severe cases. The number of confirmed cases was not updated on that day due to a failure of the statistical system. (Finish)