(Combating new crown pneumonia) French confirmed cases exceed 20,000 control measures continue to escalate
China News Agency, Paris, March 24th (Reporter Li Yang) The French new crown pneumonia epidemic worsened and worsened on the 24th local time. On three important statistics, the number of confirmed cases exceeded 20,000, the number of hospitalized cases exceeded 10,000, and the number of deaths exceeded 1,000. .
According to the statistics of the epidemic situation released by the Director of the French General Health Agency Salomon that night, the number of newly confirmed cases in France on the 24th rose to 2,444, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases rose to 22,300; on the 24th, 240 new deaths were added, and the cumulative death cases rose to 1100 cases. At present, the number of hospitalized cases has risen to 10,176, of which 2,516 are severe cases.
Statistics from the French health department on the same day showed that the most severely affected area in France is still the Greater Paris area, including the capital Paris, and the confirmed cases have risen to 6,798. The number of confirmed cases in the Greater Eastern Region has reached 4,922.
Salomon said that the current French new crown pneumonia virus testing capacity has been increased to 9,000 tests per day, and it is expected that by next weekend, it will be further increased to 29,000 tests per day. Some analysts believe that the number of confirmed cases in France may increase by a certain extent.
Due to the deterioration of the epidemic situation, relevant French regulatory measures continue to be upgraded. Newly added control measures will take effect on the 24th. Activities including outdoor exercise or pet walking can only be restricted to a radius of 1 km from home address, and only allowed to be carried out daily. Once, no more than one hour, and must be a single event.
China News Agency reporters saw on the same day in Rivoli Avenue, Place de la Concorde, and Place Vendôme in the center of Paris that the people basically complied with the travel ban, and barely saw pedestrians and vehicles. But reporters still saw dog walkers and exercisers appear in multiple locations.
In addition, the French government announced that the open-air bazaar will be closed on the 24th. The reporter did not see any open-air bazaar selling vegetables and fruits in the center of Paris on the 24th. The supply of vegetables and fruits in the supermarket was still maintained.
France ’s scientific council responding to the new crown pneumonia epidemic recommended on the 24th that the government extend control measures for at least 6 weeks. France ’s current measures of "closing the city" and a series of control measures began on the 17th and are planned to be implemented for 15 days. It has now been implemented for a week and was originally planned to end at the end of March. And if the recommendations of the Science Council are followed, regulation will continue until at least the end of April. (Finish)