(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) Paris is classified as the "strongest warning zone" of the epidemic, all bars will be closed for at least two weeks
China News Agency, Paris, October 5 (Reporter Li Yang) The French capital Paris was officially designated as the "strongest warning zone" for the epidemic on the 5th local time.
The Paris municipality announced that it will implement new epidemic prevention measures and all bars will be closed for at least two weeks.
As Paris’s new crown pneumonia epidemic indicators show no signs of improvement, and the new crown virus continues to spread, French officials have decided to increase the epidemic zone of Paris and move Paris from the current “strong warning zone” to the “strongest warning zone”.
The picture shows students in a university in Paris.
The Paris municipal authority held a press conference on the 5th to announce the relevant new epidemic prevention measures taken by Paris to implement the French official "strongest warning zone" to curb the spread of the virus.
Paris Mayor Hidalgo, Paris Police Chief Lale Mans and the head of the Paris Health Department spoke separately.
Related measures will be formally implemented on the 6th.
Four provinces in the suburbs of Paris will also implement relevant measures.
La Le Mans announced that all bars in Paris will be closed for at least two weeks from the 6th, but restaurants can continue to operate under the condition of strengthening epidemic prevention measures.
The specific details of restaurant operations will be announced later.
The new anti-epidemic measures in Paris also include: appointments are required to visit relatives in nursing homes, limited to two people at a time; shopping malls must ensure that each customer has 4 square meters of space; and students are not allowed to gather in public places.
In addition, Paris still prohibits any gatherings and other activities with more than 1,000 people; gatherings in public places with more than 10 people are prohibited.
Paris Mayor Hidalgo stated that Paris will stand on the side of the country and agree to the official adoption of "strong" epidemic prevention measures.
She also said that the epidemic crisis has caused very serious consequences. Paris is a city that relies on international exchanges, and relevant anti-epidemic measures have caused a serious deterioration in the economic situation of Paris.
The latest epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health shows that France has newly confirmed 12,565 cases in a single day on the 4th.
The total number of confirmed cases in France is close to 620,000, reaching 619,190.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is now 32,230.
In the past week, the positive rate of virus testing has exceeded 8%, reaching 8.2%.
The infection rate of the new crown in Paris on the 5th is still higher than the maximum alert threshold of 250 patients per 100,000.
The Greater Paris area currently has an average of 3,500 new confirmed cases every day, and the occupancy rate of critically ill beds for new crown patients has reached 36%.
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