(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of deaths in France exceeds 80,000 French Parliament approves the extension of the health emergency to June

　　China News Agency, Paris, February 9th (Reporter Li Yang) On the 9th local time, the cumulative number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France exceeded 80,000.

The French Parliament voted that day to formally approve the extension of the French public health emergency until June 1.

On January 31, local time, France further tightened its control measures, and Galeries Lafayette in Paris was temporarily suspended from the same day.

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　　According to the epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night, the cumulative number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is now 80,147, with 724 new deaths.

After the United States, Brazil, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Italy, France became the seventh country in the world with more than 80,000 deaths.

　　France added 18,870 confirmed cases on the 9th, with a total of 3,360,235 confirmed cases.

The number of hospitalized patients in France is now 27,667, of which the number of severely ill patients is 3342.

　　The French National Assembly (the lower house of parliament) voted 278 in favor, 193 against, and 13 abstentions on the 9th, officially approving the extension of the French public health emergency until June 1, enabling the government to continue to take various control measures to contain the virus spread.

　　In response to the epidemic, France implemented a state of public health emergency from March to July last year; due to the re-strike of the epidemic, France reentered a state of health emergency in October last year, and it has maintained it today.

The extension of the health emergency must be approved by the French parliament.

The French National Assembly and the Senate respectively passed relevant bills to extend the health emergency. The National Assembly held a final vote on the 9th.

　　In a health emergency, the government will be given greater powers to take stricter control measures, such as the ongoing curfew.

French officials have previously stated that the health emergency will enable the government to take more powerful measures to protect the people.

　　According to the data released by the French testing agency on the 9th, the proportion of people infected with the mutant new coronavirus in the Paris region has further increased, and the rate has now risen to 37.7%.

In the Yvelines department outside Paris, this rate has risen to 52%.

　　The French Ministry of Health said on the evening of the 9th that 1986,617 people in France have received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, of which 366,733 people have received two doses of the new crown vaccine.

French Minister of Health Vilan promised that day that he would continue to accelerate the vaccination schedule.

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