(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) France has strengthened surveillance of 20 provinces with severe epidemics or will implement further controls
China News Agency, Paris, February 25 (Reporter Li Yang) French official local time announced on the 25th that it will strengthen surveillance of 20 provinces with severe new crown epidemics, and further control measures may be implemented in these provinces.
French Prime Minister Castel held a press conference on the same day, on behalf of the officials, to inform France of the latest epidemic situation and response strategies.
He said that France's mutated new coronavirus infections accounted for about half of the new infections, indicating that the mutated virus is still spreading; at the same time, pressure on the French medical system is facing a "critical threshold."
Castel stated that the authorities have strengthened surveillance on 20 provinces with severe epidemics, including 8 provinces in the Paris region, 3 provinces in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, and the northern provinces, the Pas-de-Calais, and the Moselle Province and so on.
Castel said that if the epidemic situation in these provinces continues to deteriorate, further control measures may be taken on the relevant areas from March 6, such as "closing the city" over the weekend.
He said that the regional control measures will refer to the measures taken in Nice and Dunkirk.
Castel said that he will do his best to postpone the third nationwide "city closure", and the people need to work together to stabilize the epidemic.
He believes that the effects of new crown vaccination are showing, and the incidence of new crowns among the elderly is declining.
But he also pointed out that the average age of COVID-19 hospitalized patients is declining.
When talking about the progress of vaccination, Castel said that about 80% of residents of elderly care institutions have been vaccinated; people over 65 years old will be vaccinated in early April, and the first dose will be given to people over 50 years old in mid-May. vaccine.
The Paris official said after the Castel conference that it would propose to the French government to "close the city" of Paris for three weeks, but no specific details have been released yet.
Paris officials said the move is to ensure that Paris will have the opportunity to reopen restaurants, bars, cultural facilities and other public places in the future.
According to the latest epidemic data, 25,403 new confirmed cases in France on the 25th, a total of 3686813 confirmed cases, a total of 85,582 deaths, and 261 new deaths.
There are 25,317 inpatients with the new crown in France, and 3430 in severe cases.
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