(Combating new crown pneumonia) 884 people died in French nursing home due to new crown pneumonia
China News Agency, Paris, April 2 (Reporter Li Yang) According to statistics of the new crown pneumonia epidemic released by the French health department on the 2nd, 884 people in French nursing homes died of new crown pneumonia. Due to the large number of deaths caused by the recent epidemic, the Paris police announced on the same day that a large market was temporarily requisitioned as a morgue.
According to statistics released by Salomon, the director of the French General Health Agency that night, there were 4,503 deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France, and 471 new deaths on the 2nd. He first released 884 deaths from new crown pneumonia in French nursing homes, and the data is still incomplete. French officials have stated many times that deaths from neonatal pneumonia in nursing homes have not been included in official death statistics.
Salomon said that the number of inpatients in France has risen to 26,246, of whom 6,399 were critically ill; the number of new inpatients on the 2nd reached 382, a slight slowdown from the previous day. At present, 35% of patients with severe illness are younger than 60 years old, and 90 people are younger than 30 years old.
In France, 2116 new cases of new crown pneumonia were newly diagnosed on the 2nd, and a total of 59105 confirmed cases. However, due to the recent low number of new crown virus tests in France, some French opinion believes that the relevant data lacks index significance.
Paris police issued a statement on the 2nd, announcing the requisition of a large market temporarily as a morgue for the coffin of patients with neo-crown pneumonia. According to a police statement, this food wholesale market in the Greater Paris area has "great room" to be able to park the coffins of dead patients for weeks to ease the pressure on the funeral industry.
According to preliminary arrangements, the hall where the coffins of patients with neo-coronary pneumonia died is relatively independent from the rest of the market to ensure "acceptable sanitary conditions". A space was also opened in the market for the families of the deceased to bid farewell to the coffin before the body of the deceased was cremated or buried. The coffins of the first batch of dead patients will be delivered on the 3rd, and the families of the deceased can come to mourn from the 6th.
The Greater Paris area, including the capital Paris, was the worst-affected area in France, with 195 deaths added on the 2nd, and a total of 1601 deaths in the area. (Finish)