(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The situation of the French epidemic is tightening again, the Minister of Health said that it is considering strengthening controls in specific areas
China News Agency, Paris, February 20 (Reporter Li Yang) The French epidemic situation is now tightening again. French Health Minister Vilan said on the 20th that the latest epidemic data is not good and pointed out that officials are considering strengthening control measures in specific areas.
The epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night showed that France had 22,371 new confirmed cases on the 20th, with a total of 3,583,135 confirmed cases. The cumulative number of deaths is now 84,147, and there are 183 new deaths.
The number of inpatients with the new crown in France is now 25,269, and the number of critically ill patients is now 3,369.
French Minister of Health Vilan went to the Alpes-Maritimes in southeastern France to inspect the local epidemic situation on the 20th.
During the inspection, Wieland stated that the spread of the new coronavirus has worsened throughout France.
The average number of new infections in the last week has increased to 19,000, an increase of about 700 people compared to the previous week.
According to official data monitoring, many epidemic indicators in France are still not optimistic. The admission rate of severely ill patients in the past week has been slowly increasing, and the positive rate of virus testing has also been slowly rising.
Weilan said that if the epidemic trend still does not improve, officials will take relevant measures.
The Alpes-Maritimes province visited by Vilan is currently the province with the highest incidence of new crowns in France.
He met with local health officials to discuss countermeasures.
He pointed out that the spread of the virus in some cities and regions in France is obviously faster than that in other places, and officials are considering strengthening control measures in certain areas.
Vilan said that the rapid spread of the virus in Nice and its surrounding areas, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes province, should be curbed, and officials may make specific decisions in the next two days.
He did not rule out the possibility of implementing partial "city closures" in relevant areas.
No area in the French mainland has recently entered a partial "closed city" state.
Mayotte, an overseas province of France, has already implemented a three-week "closure of the city" at the beginning of this month due to the severe epidemic.
French Prime Minister Castel said last year that it is feasible to take partial "closure" measures to curb the spread of the virus.
The Mayor of Nice, Esterosi, said that if the government decides that Nice needs to implement a partial "closure", he will support it.
In addition, Wieland also stated that it will urgently increase 3,500 doses of Pfizer vaccine to Alpes-Maritimes in the next 48 to 72 hours so as to vaccinate local high-risk groups as soon as possible.
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