(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) France has confirmed cases of 3.96 million French health authorities transferred patients to Belgium
China News Agency, Paris, March 10 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 10th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France reached 3.96 million.
Due to the saturation of the medical system, the French health department began to transfer patients with the new crown to neighboring Belgium.
The epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night showed that France had 30,303 new confirmed cases on the 10th, with a cumulative total of 3,963,165 confirmed cases, and a cumulative total of 89,565 deaths, with 264 new deaths.
The number of inpatients with the new crown in France is now 24,969, and the number of critically ill patients is now 3,918.
The number of severely ill patients with new coronary disease has increased significantly in some areas of France, and the medical system in many places is facing saturation.
The French health department began to transfer patients with new crown to neighboring Belgium.
France’s Upper France region borders Belgium, and the local health bureau is specifically responsible for organizing the transfer of patients to Belgium.
The Health Bureau of Haute-French Region issued a statement on the 10th, stating that Belgian hospitals close to the border between Belgium and France will begin accepting patients with the new crown from France as early as that day, and it is expected to continue for several days.
These Belgian hospitals are French hospital partners under the framework of the border agreement between France and Belgium.
The Health Bureau revealed that the first batch of patients transferred to Belgium should come from Dunkirk, a city in northern France where the epidemic was severe.
French public opinion believes that the transfer of patients to Belgium will help relieve the heavy pressure on the medical system in Upper France.
Due to the deterioration of the epidemic situation in the Paris region, the pressure on the medical system is also very high.
French government spokesman Attar said on the 10th that French officials plan to evacuate hospitalized patients in the Paris region in the next few days.
At present, the intensive care beds in the Paris region are very tight, and the new coronary intensive care patients have occupied 90% of the intensive care beds.
The epidemic in the Alpes-Maritimes province in southeastern France is still severe. Atal said that the province’s weekend "closure" measures will continue.
He said that in the future, officials will continue to monitor the epidemic data indicators and decide on the epidemic response measures to be taken in various regions on the basis of extensive consultations.
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