(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of hospitalized patients in France continues to rise, officials hesitate to "close the city" for the third time

　　China News Agency, Paris, January 26 (Reporter Li Yang) The French new crown pneumonia epidemic indicators continue to show a deteriorating trend. The number of hospitalized patients and the number of critically ill patients have continued to rise in the past three days.

At the same time, French officials are hesitant to implement the third "city closure".

Data map: France under the epidemic.

　　France's important indicator for measuring changes in the epidemic-the number of hospitalized patients and the number of critically ill patients have continued to rise in the last three days. The number of hospitalized patients has exceeded 27,000 on the 26th, reaching 27,041, setting a new high since December last year; the number of critically ill patients is now It rose to 3081 people.

　　The relevant figures have aroused the high vigilance of French health experts.

At the end of October last year, when the French nationwide "closed the city" for the second time, the number of hospitalized patients was about 22,000 and the number of severely ill patients was 3,368.

The number of severely ill patients less than 3,000 was once one of the necessary conditions for the implementation of the second "unblocking".

　　According to the epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health on the evening of the 26th, 22,086 new confirmed cases in France on the 26th, and a total of 3,079,943 confirmed cases; the cumulative number of deaths is now 74,106, and there are 612 new deaths. increase.

　　On the 26th, the chairman of the French Scientific Committee to deal with the epidemic, Del Frasi, once again called for "closure of the city" measures to curb the spread of the virus.

He pointed out that although the decision to “close the city” is extremely difficult and “all issues must be weighed and considered”, the decision to “close the city” should be made in the next week.

　　French officials are still hesitating whether to implement the third "closed city".

French President Macron expressed the hope that there will be more time to evaluate the effect of the extended curfew period throughout France.

The French Presidential Palace revealed that Macron should not announce relevant decisions on whether to implement the third "closed city" in recent days.

　　French Minister of Economy and Finance Le Maire expressed on the 26th that he hopes that people can leave the government some time to study the specific situation of the spread of the virus.

He also said that he should first understand whether the extension of the curfew has achieved the effect that the government hopes, and then make a decision.

　　Le Maire warned that if the third "city closure" is implemented, the French economy will be hit again, and it will be difficult for France to achieve the economic growth target this year.

He emphasized that France has made great efforts to keep the people abiding by the curfew.

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