Xinhua News Agency, Paris, July 16th (Reporter Tang Ji) French Prime Minister Jean Castel announced on the 16th that due to different degrees of new crown epidemics rebounding in the Mayenne, New Aquitaine and Ile-de-France regions, The decree originally scheduled to force people to wear masks in closed public places from August 1 will be implemented early next week.
In an interview with the media on the same day, French Minister of Health Verang said that the number of newly diagnosed cases in Mayenne has exceeded the warning value in the past week. The government has expanded the requirement to wear masks in closed public places to the whole province Measures to increase inspection efforts. At present, the province has begun large-scale testing of residents over the age of 10, and is expected to involve 300,000 people.
The French regional health authority said on the same day that the development of the epidemic in New Aquitaine was “worrisome” and 10 aggregate infections had been counted.
Wei Lang said that in the face of the rebound of the epidemic, the French government will no longer take measures to close the city like a "foot ban", but people must remain highly vigilant.