(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) Four cities including Lyon and Lille in France will be included in the "strongest warning zone" for the epidemic
China News Agency, Paris, October 8 (Reporter Li Yang) French official local time announced on the 8th that Lyon, Lille, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne will be included in the "strongest warning zone" for the epidemic. To deal with the worsening situation of the epidemic.
French Minister of Health Vilan announced the above decision that night, saying that the relevant decision will come into effect this Saturday (October 10).
This means that from the 10th, the "strongest warning zone" for the French epidemic will include not only Paris, Marseille and Guadeloupe, but also Lyon, Lille, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne.
Vilan pointed out that the new crown pneumonia epidemic in France is still getting worse, more and more people are infected every day, and more and more people need to be hospitalized for treatment.
Cities and regions listed as the "strongest warning zone" for the epidemic will implement new stricter regulations on epidemic prevention, such as closing all bars.
Vilan revealed that the current virus infection rate in France is 116 infected per 100,000 people; the basic infection number R0 is about 1.1 to 1.2, and the positive rate of virus testing has risen to 9%.
As a comparison, the positive rate of virus testing in France this summer was only 1%.
When talking about other major French cities, Villan said that the epidemic situation in Toulouse and Montpellier was “worrisome”.
French officials are continuing to observe changes in the epidemic. If the data indicators still do not improve, Toulouse and Montpellier will be included in the "strongest warning zone" next Monday (October 12).
When talking about public transportation, Weilan said that public transportation is very important to economic and social life. Public transportation cannot be "zero risk". He does not deny that taking public transportation may be infected.
He said the government is working on measures to reduce the risk of infection in public transport.
French Minister of Economy and Finance Le Maire said on the 8th that it will provide more assistance to French companies and enterprises affected by the new epidemic prevention measures.
He said that approximately 75,000 companies in 31 different sectors will benefit from the new assistance measures.
The epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night showed that France had 18,129 newly confirmed cases in a single day on the 8th, exceeding 18,000 for the second consecutive day; the total number of confirmed cases in France reached 671,638 on that day.
The number of inpatients with the new crown in France on the 8th was 7,624, an increase of 88 from the previous day; 1,427 were severely ill.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is now 32,521, with 76 new deaths.
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