(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The French Prime Minister warns that the epidemic situation is in danger, and the Paris region begins to transfer critically ill patients
China News Agency, Paris, March 13 (Reporter Li Yang) French Prime Minister Castel warned on the 13th local time that the epidemic situation in France is in danger and the medical system is worrying.
The Paris Region officially began to transfer severely ill patients with the new crown to other regions on the same day to relieve the huge pressure on the local medical system.
Castel inspected the response to the epidemic in a hospital near Paris on the 13th.
He has visited hospitals in the Paris region for two consecutive days.
Castel said that on the one hand, medical staff are trying their best to vaccinate the people with the new crown vaccine, on the other hand, the intensive care unit is facing saturation.
He called on the public to continue to comply with epidemic prevention measures to help the medical system to persevere.
Castel said that 5 million French people have now been vaccinated against the new crown, and he hopes to achieve the goal of vaccinating 10 million people before April 15.
He believes that achieving this goal still faces challenges, and officials need to be cautious, mainly due to the possible delay in vaccine delivery.
At present, there are 5,714 hospitalized patients in the Paris Region, and about 1,100 critically ill patients.
Due to the high pressure in the intensive care unit in the Paris region, the local area officially began to transfer severely ill patients with new coronary disease to other areas on the 13th.
The French health department stated that the transfer of these critically ill patients needs to meet multiple conditions, including the patient's stable condition and the patient's family consent to the transfer.
According to France’s BFM television station, 3 critically ill patients in the Paris region were transferred to the Loire Valley region in central France on the 13th. The hospitals receiving these 3 patients were located in Nantes, Angers and Le Mans.
These patients were transferred by air.
According to reports, another 3 critically ill patients in the Paris region will be transferred to other areas on the 14th.
The Paris Region Health Bureau revealed that the transfer of critically ill patients will continue in the next few days, and it is possible to use high-speed trains to transfer patients.
The French Ministry of Health stated that 29,759 new confirmed cases of new crowns were added in a single day in France on the 13th, and the total number of confirmed cases was 4,045,319.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is now 90315, with 169 new deaths.
The number of hospitalized patients with the new crown in France is now 24,671, and the number of critically ill patients continues to increase, which has now increased to 4,070.
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