China News Agency, Paris, January 12 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 12th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France exceeded 2.8 million.
French officials confirmed on the same day that 8 of the 13 regions of France have reported cluster infections with mutant new coronaviruses.
According to official epidemic data released that night, France added 19,752 confirmed cases on the 12th, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 2.8 million, reaching 2,806,590.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is 68802, with 742 new deaths.
There are 24,737 hospitalized patients with the new crown in France, including 2688 severely ill patients.
France has extended the curfew in 25 provinces from the 12th. The curfew in these provinces will be extended from 6 pm to 6 am the next day, and the daily curfew will be extended from 10 hours to 12 hours.
The French National Defense Council will hold a meeting again on the 13th to discuss the response to the epidemic. At that time, it will discuss whether to continue to increase the number of provinces that extend the curfew period.
According to statistics from the French Ministry of Health on the 12th, 8 regions including Paris, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, and Central-Loire Valley have reported cluster infections of mutant viruses, some of which cluster infections. The path is still under investigation.
Statistics show that there are about 10 cluster infections of mutant viruses in France.
French Minister of Health Vilan stated on the 12th that the health department conducted investigations and samples on some of the patients who tested positive for the virus on the 8th and 9th of this month, and about 1% of the survey results showed that they were infected with a variant virus.
Some experts believe that in the future, we must be prepared to deal with mutant viruses, especially to prevent the large-scale spread of mutant viruses in the next few weeks.
Vilan said that the specific situation of the spread of the mutated virus in France will be regularly notified, and the spread of the mutated virus and whether the cluster infection has increased.
He said that there is currently no single area where there are many mutated virus infections, but he still needs to be vigilant.
The French Ministry of Health stated on the evening of the 12th that nearly 190,000 people in France have been vaccinated against the new crown, and about 50,000 people were vaccinated on the 12th.
Weiland promised to be transparent about vaccination data, including the number of vaccines in each region, the percentage of people protected by vaccines, etc. The relevant data will be updated every night.
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