(Combating New Crown Pneumonia) French confirmed cases rise to 12,612 Nice takes the lead in curfew
China News Agency, Paris, March 20th (Reporter Li Yang) The confirmed cases of French new crown pneumonia rose to 12,612 local time on the 20th, and the death cases rose to 450. French officials continued to strengthen the "cities closure" management that day, and the southern city of Nice took the lead in imposing a curfew.
French Director General of Health Salomon said at a press conference that evening that there were 1,617 new confirmed cases and 78 new deaths in France, of which nearly 90% of the dead were over 70 years old.
Salomon revealed that there are currently 5,226 people hospitalized for treatment and nearly 1,300 cases of severe cases, of which half are still less than 60 years old. At the same time, 1587 people have recovered.
Salomon called on French people to strictly abide by control measures and not to travel at will on weekends. He emphasized the danger of being exposed to the virus while driving or riding on a weekend night. He also said that people run the risk of inadvertently transmitting the virus from large cities to the countryside.
According to the statistics of the French health department on the same day, the confirmed cases in the Greater Paris area, including the capital Paris, rose to 3,818 cases, which is still the most severely affected area in France; the confirmed cases in the Greater Eastern Region rose to 3006 cases.
Controls continued to escalate in some parts of France, and Nice took the lead in imposing a curfew. The mayor of Nice, Esteros, announced on the 20th that in order to prevent the epidemic from spreading further, a curfew will be implemented in Nice from 8 pm that day.
Esteros said that with the exception of specially licensed staff and medical staff, people's travel was strictly restricted after 8 am and all commercial establishments were closed. Esteros had also been infected with the new crown virus earlier, and he said he was recovering.
French Minister of the Interior Castaney said on the same day that France is not currently preparing to implement a curfew nationwide, but supports the practice of a curfew in Nice. He said that France will continue to strengthen the implementation of control measures, especially in the near future to strengthen the management of stations and airports.
French President Macron warned that people still do not take current control measures seriously. The French Ministry of the Interior and the Paris City Government believe that there are too many people exercising and walking in the center of Paris, so the Paris Police Department has decided to temporarily close the trails on the banks of the Seine and the Ares Square from 3 pm on the 20th. (Finish)