(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) 14% of France's newly diagnosed mutated virus infection Mayotte will implement the "closed city"
China News Agency, Paris, February 4 (Reporter Li Yang) French Prime Minister Castel said on the 4th local time that the mutant new crown virus has further spread in France, and 14% of the newly confirmed cases in France have been infected by the mutant virus.
The French overseas province Mayotte has a serious epidemic and will be "closed" from the 5th.
Castel held a press conference on the same day to inform the latest situation of the epidemic.
He first warned that the epidemic situation in France is "still fragile", with an average of 20,000 confirmed cases and 1,600 hospitalized patients every day.
But he also pointed out that the positive rate of virus testing has remained basically stable and the spread of the virus has not increased significantly.
Castel also warned that in the face of the risk of mutated virus, the French people must not relax their vigilance.
He said that the proportion of mutated new coronavirus infections in newly confirmed cases has risen from 3.3% at the beginning of this month to the current 14%.
Castel pointed out that France closed its borders to countries outside the EU to curb the spread of the mutant virus.
He once again called on people to postpone unnecessary travel.
He also emphasized the need to continue to strengthen telecommuting, and public administration departments should actively implement telecommuting.
Castel said that at present, France will not adopt a third "closed city" to not restrict cross-regional travel on the French mainland, but it will not relax current control measures.
He reiterated that if the epidemic worsens sharply in the future, the government will not hesitate to announce a "closed city."
When talking about vaccination issues, Castel revealed that the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive in France this weekend to help the government achieve the vaccination target at the end of this month.
According to the plan, 4 million people in France will receive the first dose of the vaccine at the end of this month.
French officials said on the 4th that since the 1st of this month, Mayotte, the French overseas province, has reported a sharp increase in the infection rate of the new coronavirus, especially the active spread of mutant viruses in the local area.
In response to the epidemic, from 3 pm on the 5th, Paris time, the entire Mayotte will be "closed" for three weeks.
Mayotte is an island located in the Mozambique Strait, a French overseas department.
The new crown virus spread intensively in Mayotte last year, and the local "unblocking" process was once postponed.
The French Ministry of Health said that France had 23,448 newly confirmed cases in a single day on the 4th, with a total of 3,274,608 confirmed cases.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is 77952, with 357 new deaths.
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