(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) France announced new measures to fight the epidemic: Marseille will close restaurants, bars, and Paris to limit the number of gatherings
China News Service, Paris, September 23 (Reporter Li Yang) Due to the further rebound of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in France, French officials announced new measures to combat the epidemic on the evening of the 23rd local time. Among them, Marseille and other places will close restaurants and bars, and Paris and other places will restrict Number of parties.
The French National Defense Committee met on the same day to discuss the current epidemic and introduced a number of measures.
The French Minister of Health, Vilan, made an official announcement on behalf of the government after the meeting.
Vilan first pointed out that the French epidemic data indicators continue to deteriorate and the incidence of new coronary pneumonia is rising. Now there are about 95 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants in France, and it is expected that it will soon reach 100 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants.
He also said that the proportion of critically ill patients among inpatients has increased again, and the medical system is under pressure. The number of inpatients in France has increased to nearly 6,000, with an increase of approximately 600 people every day; the medical system in the greater Paris region is under "a lot of pressure". The number of hospitalized patients this week has doubled compared with last week.
Vilan stated that French officials have established a new epidemic alert system based on the epidemic data indicators, dividing relevant areas into "alert zones", "strong alert zones" and "strongest alert zones" on the epidemic map.
French officials have formulated corresponding epidemic response measures for the three warning zones.
According to the French official division, Marseille, an important city in southern France, and Guadeloupe, an overseas province, are currently the most severely affected and are included in the "strongest warning zone", and relevant areas will implement "strict restrictions."
Vilan said that restaurants and bars in Marseille and Guadeloupe must be completely closed from this Saturday (26th); public places that fail to comply with epidemic prevention regulations will also be closed.
Many large cities such as Paris, Lyon, Nice, and Lille have been listed as "strong warning zones" by French officials.
In the "strong alarm zone", the number of people gathering in public places will be limited to 10 people; bars and cafes will close before 10 pm; student gatherings and large-scale events are prohibited.
In addition, 69 provinces in France are listed as "alarm zones", and the number of people gathering in these places should be controlled at 30 people.
According to the epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that evening, the number of newly confirmed cases in France on the 23rd was 13,072; the total number of confirmed cases in France exceeded 480,000, 481,141.
The virus test positive rate has risen to 6.2% in the past week.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is now 31459.
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