(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) France's positive rate of virus testing continues to rise, Macron asks to pay more attention to the elderly
China News Service, Paris, September 22 (Reporter Li Yang) The French new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to develop, the positive rate of virus testing continues to rise, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 460,000.
French President Macron asked that day to pay more attention to epidemic prevention for the elderly.
The epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night showed that France had 10,008 newly confirmed cases in a single day on the 22nd.
The total number of confirmed cases in France is 468,069.
There are still 1031 cases of cluster infection under investigation.
Data show that the positive rate of virus testing in France continues to rise.
In the past week, the positive rate of virus testing has risen from 5.9% to 6.1%, breaking the 6% mark, indicating that while the testing efforts are increasing, the virus is still spreading.
On the 22nd, 5796 patients with new coronary pneumonia were hospitalized in France, including 951 severely ill patients. The increasing number of severely ill patients has triggered the vigilance of health institutions. The head of health institutions in the greater Paris region has issued a warning on this.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is now 31,416.
French President Macron visited a nursing home in Lois-Cher province in central France on the 22nd.
He asked to pay more attention to the elderly’s epidemic prevention and called for more protection for the elderly in the rebound of the epidemic, especially the elderly who have been considered vulnerable to the epidemic in this spring.
In response to the rebound of the epidemic, some major cities in France, such as Nice, have taken measures to restrict visits to nursing homes.
Macron said in this regard that the elderly should continue to maintain contact with their relatives, and the elderly should not be isolated from society again.
He supports the formulation of corresponding rules to "precisely respond" to the social activities of the elderly.
Macron also revealed that it plans to introduce a bill to deal with aging next year.
The relevant bill aims to protect the social life of the elderly.
After the inspection, Macron once again emphasized the three methods of epidemic prevention through social media: washing hands, wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
The French National Defense Council will meet again on the 23rd to discuss issues related to the response to the epidemic.
After the meeting, Health Minister Wieland may announce new response measures.
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