(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) Paris, France and many other places will implement "closures" for at least four weeks
China News Agency, Paris, March 18 (Reporter Li Yang) French official local time announced on the 18th that in order to curb the deterioration of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Paris and many other places will implement "closures" for at least four weeks.
French Prime Minister Castel held a press conference that night to announce the above decision on behalf of the government.
He said that there are 16 provinces in the area that will be "closed" this time, including all 8 provinces in the Paris region, 5 provinces in the Upper France region, 2 provinces in the Normandy region, and the Maritime Alpes in the southeast. province.
The "closed cities" of these provinces will be officially implemented this weekend.
Castay said that people in these 16 provinces must carry travel certificates when they go out, and they cannot travel more than 10 kilometers away from their residence; they can go for a walk or play sports.
During the "closure" period, all "non-essential" stores will be closed; no "convincing reason" will prohibit inter-regional travel.
Schools in these provinces will remain open.
Castel emphasized that it is necessary to adopt stricter control measures in more provinces.
He pointed out that the recent worsening trend of the epidemic in France has accelerated significantly, and the epidemic situation in some provinces is particularly worrying.
The third wave of the epidemic has become more and more clear.
He revealed that severely ill patients with new coronary disease are younger than before and have a longer hospital stay.
Castel also said that officials believe that a weekend "closed city" will not be enough to curb the further spread of the virus.
Therefore, "pragmatic, regional and appropriate" control measures must be adopted to prevent the implementation of a nationwide "city closure."
Except for the 16 provinces that will be "closed", other places in France will continue to implement curfews.
The epidemic in the Paris region continues to worsen. The incidence of new crowns in the region was 446 new crowns per 100,000 residents on the 18th, and the number of severely ill patients with new crowns in the region has increased to 1,201.
The epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night showed that France had 34,998 new confirmed cases on the 18th, with a total of 4,181,607 confirmed cases, and a total of 91,679 deaths, and 268 new deaths.
The number of inpatients with the new crown in France increased to 25,389, and the number of critically ill patients increased to 4,246.
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