(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) The Dunkirk epidemic in northern France rushes to the French Prime Minister to warn of difficult conditions in the coming weeks
China News Service, Paris, March 2 (Reporter Li Yang) The new crown epidemic in Dunkirk, northern France, has reached an emergency, and the local incidence of new crowns has reached a new high.
French Prime Minister Castel warned on the 2nd that the epidemic situation in France in the next few weeks will be difficult.
According to the epidemic data on the 2nd, the incidence of the new crown in Dunkirk was 1039 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants, while last week's data was 910 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants.
Faced with an increasingly severe epidemic, the Dunkirk Health Bureau asked the local medical system to add another 100 intensive care beds by the end of this week.
Due to the saturation of the Dunkirk medical system, the local area has begun to transfer severely ill patients with the new crown to other parts of France.
On the 2nd, two critically ill patients were taken by helicopter to Le Havre Hospital in Normandy for treatment.
The Dunkirk Health Bureau said that patients will continue to be transferred to other places in the next few days.
Dunkirk has begun to implement the weekend "closure". The local police said that 200 police officers were sent to monitor the implementation of the weekend "closure". 137 people were killed because of failing to comply with the weekend "closure" related control measures. Be punished.
French Prime Minister Castel warned that the epidemic situation in the next few weeks will be difficult; officials are continuing to monitor closely 20 provinces with severe epidemics in order to take timely measures.
He said that at present, officials still support the adoption of regional control measures to curb the spread of the virus.
Castel also said that with the acceleration of the new crown vaccination process, he hopes to get rid of the current situation in a few weeks.
France will hold an epidemic response meeting again on the 3rd to discuss the next measures to be taken.
French government spokesman Attar said on the 2nd that it would not rule out the adoption of control measures such as "closure of the city" on weekends in the Paris region and other places.
He emphasized that the current medical system is under considerable pressure, and if the "closure of the city" cannot be avoided in the end, the government will have to make relevant decisions.
According to the latest official epidemic data, France added 22,857 confirmed cases on the 2nd, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 3,783,528. The cumulative number of deaths is now 87,220, and there are 417 new deaths.
There are 25,263 hospitalized patients with the new crown in France, and 3,586 critically ill patients.
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