(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) French deaths rose to 28,108 cases, "unblocked" 25 cluster infections occurred in a week
China News Agency, Paris, May 17 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 17th local time, the cumulative deaths of French new coronary pneumonia rose to 28,108. The French official said on the same day that 25 cluster infections had occurred in France since the start of the “unblocking” week, which attracted the attention of the outside world.
According to the epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health on the evening of the 17th, there were 483 new deaths in France that day, a significant rebound compared with the previous few days. The cumulative deaths thus exceeded 28,000 and rose to 28108. In addition, the number of inpatients with new coronary pneumonia in France has slowly dropped to 19,361, of which 2087 are still severely ill.
The French Ministry of Health stated that of the 483 deaths that day, 429 were deaths in nursing homes. France ’s cumulative deaths from new pneumonia also continue to rank fourth in the world. The cumulative number of deaths in Spain is now 27,650, with 87 new deaths due to new coronary pneumonia on the 17th, and the number of new deaths in a single day is less than 100 for the first time in nearly two months.
The prevention and control situation of the new French pneumonia epidemic is still not to be relaxed. Health Minister Vilan said on the 17th that since the "unblocking" on the 11th, 25 aggregate infections have occurred within the scope of the whole law. Among them, the most severe epidemic in the Greater Paris area has reported 3 cluster infections, and the Greater Eastern Region has reported 2 cases.
In the French province of Brittany in the French province of Amor, a new cluster of infections was reported. After a local slaughterhouse worker was diagnosed with the infection on the 13th, the health department immediately launched a large-scale screening. By the 17th, 69 people had been diagnosed infection.
Wiran said that the health department's current practice of virus detection, patient isolation and breaking the virus transmission chain has proved to be feasible. The current virus detection volume in France is 50,000 copies per day. It is still below the officially announced test target.
Wieland believes that it is still too early to assess the changes in the epidemic after the "unblocking". He said that it will take 10 to 15 days to reach a preliminary conclusion. He expressed concern about the outbreak in Mayotte, a French overseas province, and pointed out that although the control measures there continue to be implemented, the local outbreak continues to spread. (Finish)