(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The French Scientific Committee with 1.45 million confirmed cases: It is difficult to predict how long the second wave of epidemic will last
China News Agency, Paris, November 2 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 2nd local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France exceeded 1.45 million.
The French scientific committee for the official response to the epidemic stated that it is currently difficult to predict how long the second wave of the epidemic will last.
On October 30, local time, France entered the second nationwide "closed city" in response to the deterioration of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
The picture shows that there were very few pedestrians on the Rivoli Avenue in the center of Paris that day, and most shops were closed.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang
According to the epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night, the number of newly confirmed cases in France on the 2nd in a single day exceeded 50,000, reaching 52,518.
The total number of confirmed cases in France on the day exceeded 1.45 million, reaching 1,464,433.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is 37,435, with 418 new deaths.
The number of inpatients with the new crown in France increased to 25,143 on the 1st, an increase of 1112 from the previous day; the number of severely ill patients is now 3,730, an increase of 152 from the previous day.
The number of hospitalized patients in the Greater Paris area increased to 5,686, an increase of 201 from the previous day.
The French virus test positive rate has risen to 20.6%.
The French scientific committee for the official response to the epidemic pointed out in the latest research report on the epidemic that it is currently difficult to predict how long the second wave of epidemics raging in France and other European countries will last.
The Scientific Committee is concerned that the second wave of epidemics may not be the last.
The Science Committee pointed out that between this winter and next spring, repeated epidemics may occur continuously, depending on whether the "testing, tracking, and quarantine" measures are effective, and the climate and environment.
Therefore, the authorities must be prepared to control the epidemic until the emergence of vaccines or treatments next year.
French President Macron previously stated that the goal of the second nationwide "cities closure" to contain the epidemic is to reduce the daily average number of new confirmed cases from the current 40,000 to 5,000.
The Scientific Committee also believes that limiting the number of new confirmed cases in a single day to less than 5,000 is a "key guarantee" for maintaining economic activity.
According to the Ifop poll released on the 2nd, 71% of the respondents said that they accept the extension of the time limit for the second "closure"; 56% of the respondents said they were worried about being infected in the next few weeks; 63% of the respondents The authors support the adoption of more epidemic prevention measures to protect the health and safety of everyone.
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