Covid-19 in France: new cities placed on high alert
The Minister of Health Olivier Véran during his press briefing on Covid-19, this Thursday evening, October 8, 2020. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP
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France has recorded for the second consecutive day more than 18,000 new cases of contamination, according to daily data released Thursday by the authorities.
The rebound of the Covid-19 epidemic is therefore accelerating and the Minister of Health Olivier Véran spoke this Thursday evening.
He announced that new cities will go on high alert as of Saturday.
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Lille, Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Étienne will go from Saturday to the maximum alert zone due to the deterioration of indicators linked to the Covid-19 epidemic, announced the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
"
The situation has deteriorated in several metropolises in recent days
", which will lead to "
switch
" some of them to a higher level of alert, explained the minister during his weekly press conference.
Thus, for Lille, Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Étienne, where the incidence has exceeded the alert threshold of 250 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants and more than 30% of intensive care beds are occupied by Covid patients, "
a passage in the zone of maximum alert was decided by the president
”, declared Olivier Véran.
This measure will be effective “
Saturday morning
”.
For Toulouse and Montpellier, "
we are giving ourselves a few days
", until Monday morning, to possibly make the same decision, he added.
This classification in maximum alert, already valid for Aix-Marseille, Paris and Guadeloupe, implies reinforced health measures, such as the closing of bars.
The minister also indicated that Dijon and Clermont-Ferrand would be placed from Saturday morning on enhanced alert, a notch below.
“
The health situation unfortunately continues to deteriorate in France,
” he insisted, noting despite everything a significant improvement in Nice and Bordeaux and a positive change in Rennes and Aix-Marseille.
(With
AFP
)
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