(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The French Prime Minister emphasizes the need to work together to prevent the recovery of the new coronavirus infection rate
China News Agency, Paris, August 11 (Reporter Li Yang) French Prime Minister Castel emphasized on the 11th local time that we must work together to prevent the new crown virus infection rate from rising, otherwise the spread of the virus in France will become difficult to control.
Castel visited Montpellier, a city in southern France, and visited a local hospital to check the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. He expressed concern about the deterioration of the French epidemic data. He pointed out that the virus infection rate in the past two weeks has "developed in the wrong direction."
Castel warned that if this trend continues, the epidemic alert threshold will soon be reached throughout the law, that is, there will be 20 confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants; in several cities, it may be There are 50 confirmed cases. He also said that France is now seeing 25 new cases of cluster infections every day, compared to only 5 a day two weeks ago.
Castel also said that France can now carry out 600,000 virus tests per week, but it can still do more for people with symptoms. Speaking of the risk of severe control measures such as the possibility of another lockdown, Castel said that no one wants to experience another lockdown.
According to the epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night, there were 1397 newly confirmed cases in a single day on the 11th, and the total number of official confirmed cases rose to 204,172. There are now 30,354 deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France. Since the “unblocking” in May, 746 cases of cluster infections have been detected in France, and 227 cases are still under investigation.
French President Macron held a video conference with senior government officials on the 11th to discuss relevant measures to deal with the rebound of the epidemic. The meeting decided to formulate new epidemic prevention and control measures for 20 major French cities; the ban on gatherings of more than 5,000 people will also be extended to October 31.
When talking about the above-mentioned decision of the meeting, Castel said that the responsible officials of each province in France must formulate a targeted epidemic prevention and control plan, and tourists and resorts should pay special attention. He also stated that the scope of mandatory wearing of masks in public places should be expanded as much as possible. (Finish)