China News Service, March 23. According to a report from the European Times on the 22nd, as the new crown epidemic continues, pressure on the intensive care unit of French hospitals is still rising.
In order to prevent and control the epidemic, the French government has implemented new epidemic prevention measures in 16 provinces. At the same time, the army and fire brigade are used to participate in the vaccination work. Vaccination is regarded as "the only way out of the crisis."
The picture shows the Champs Elysées in Paris, France, with many pedestrians wearing masks.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang
The epidemic is not optimistic
Pressure on Intensive Care Units in France Rise
According to reports, the situation of the epidemic in France this week is not optimistic.
As an important indicator of the epidemic, the number of severely ill patients is increasing.
On the 22nd local time, the French hospital admitted 471 severely ill patients, a total of 4548 people.
Since January 7 (2573 severe cases), the number of critically ill patients treated by the hospital has been increasing steadily.
The saturation of the intensive care unit of the Greater Paris Regional Hospital has reached its peak level in the fall of 2020.
The intensive care unit of the Avicenna Hospital in the outskirts of Paris said: "The intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients is full, the intensive care unit for non-coronavirus patients is full, and the beds for patients with intermediate levels of the new crown are full; the new crown intensive care unit in the province of Seine-Saint-Denis is no longer empty The right bed."
On March 19, local time, Paris, France, a large number of Parisians gathered at the Montparnasse train station to leave the capital.
Epidemic prevention blockade continues
The mental state of the people needs attention
At present, the French government and members of the ruling party insist that it is more important to care about the mental state of the people when a curfew is imposed for more than two months and bars, restaurants, cultural venues and universities are closed for several months.
Laurent Saint-Martin, a member of the French Republic’s Kadima Party, said: “The government has made a choice to allow the people to live as normal as possible and to ask them to make further efforts when vaccination is accelerated.” He reiterated, The basic spirit of the current epidemic prevention is: the public "don't invite people home."
Olivier Guérin, director of the Department of Geriatrics at the University of Nice Hospital and member of the Government Science Committee, concluded that the French government’s anti-epidemic strategy is that people can relax outdoors in order to improve their mental state, but they cannot be posted outside and suffer too much. near.
A few days ago, Marseille held an unauthorized carnival event. About 6,500 people gathered, most of them young people and did not wear masks.
The police arrested 9 people and fined more than 10 people.
The picture shows people waiting to be tested in front of a rapid detection point for the new coronavirus in Paris.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang
France will prepare 35 large-scale vaccination centers
Experts expect vaccination to be effective in summer
On March 22, French Minister of Health Véran announced that the army and fire brigade will set up at least 35 large-scale vaccination centers.
Weilang also reiterated that by mid-April, 10 million people will receive at least one dose of the vaccine; thereafter, as the number of vaccines delivered increases, the number of people vaccinated will increase substantially.
On the same day, French President Macron visited a vaccination center in the northern city of Valenciennes to pay tribute to the medical staff in charge of vaccination.
French government spokesman Attar said: "The current restriction on vaccination in France and other countries is that the number of vaccines is insufficient." He believes that we must adhere to the strategy of giving priority to the vulnerable population.
The report pointed out that vaccination has become the only way out of the epidemic in France, but it is difficult to achieve in the short term.
However, Arnaud Fontanet, a member of the Scientific Committee, believes that in the summer, the vaccination will eventually show its effect.