(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) French death cases exceed 30,000 cases

  China News Agency, Paris, July 10 (Reporter Li Yang) On July 10 local time, the cumulative deaths of French new coronary pneumonia exceeded 30,000. The French health department is concerned about the accelerating trend of virus transmission.

  According to the epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night, there were 25 new deaths in hospitals in France that day, and the cumulative deaths exceeded 30,000 and rose to 30,04. There are currently 7062 inpatients in France, including 496 severely ill patients.

  France’s new coronary pneumonia deaths currently rank sixth in the world, after the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Italy and Mexico. Currently, there are 19,528 deaths in hospitals in France and 10,476 deaths in nursing homes.

  The latest epidemiological assessment report released by the French health department on the same day pointed out that although the spread of the new coronavirus is still at a low level, it is concerned about the accelerated trend of virus spread.

  The evaluation report pointed out that the number of confirmed cases and suspected cases in France in the latest week have increased again compared with the previous week. France has more than 600 confirmed cases in the past three days, and 658 new cases were confirmed on the 10th. The incidence of children under 15 years of age is significantly higher than average, which may be related to students returning to school and returning to school.

  The report revealed that the number of basic infections R0 in many regions of France has clearly rebounded to more than 1, including the Loire region, the new Aquitaine region and the Provence-Alps-Blue coast region. The R0 value must be kept below 1 for the epidemic to be alleviated. The R0 value of the outbreak in French Guiana is still as high as 3, indicating that the local outbreak is still very serious.

  France has discovered 333 cases of cluster infection since the “unblocking” was launched in May. 71 of them are still under investigation. Approximately 15 cases of cluster infections are still under investigation in French Guiana. In addition, the latest seroprevalence survey estimates that New Coronavirus infects 6.7% of the population before mid-April, or about 4.36 million people.

  French Minister of Health Vilan announced on the 10th that a new coronavirus test will be conducted at the airport for passengers returning from "high-risk areas". He once again appealed to the public to remain highly vigilant and continue to take the officially recommended preventive measures. (Finish)