As the spread of the mutated coronavirus continues to spread in France, President Macron has expanded measures to restrict residents from going out and retail stores nationwide, and closed schools that have been conducting face-to-face lessons. Announced that it will also take steps.
In France, the infection of the new coronavirus mutant virus has spread, and the number of infected people exceeded 59,000 on March 31, and more than 5,000 people are being treated in the intensive care unit. There are calls for strengthening.
President Macron made a television speech on the night of the 31st, stating that "the spread of the mutant virus is rapidly increasing everywhere and the number of hospitalized patients is increasing," and acknowledged that the infection is spreading to the younger generation.
In addition, it announced that it will take measures to restrict the outing of residents and the business of retail stores, which are being carried out in Paris and northern areas, from the night of the 3rd of this month to the whole country for 4 weeks.
This will be the third time that we will be restricted from going out nationwide, following last spring and autumn.
In addition, schools that have been conducting face-to-face classes will be closed for three weeks from the 5th of this month.
On the other hand, he also expressed his intention to gradually lift the regulation by the middle of next month by accelerating vaccination.
To accelerate vaccination
Starting this month, the French government will set up more than 100 large-scale vaccination sites in the country to accelerate vaccination.
In France, about 11% of the population has been vaccinated at least once, and some have criticized the government for saying that it is far behind the UK, which exceeds 46%.
For this reason, the Macron administration plans to open more than 100 new large-scale inoculation venues in the country, and on the 31st, one of the venues, a soccer stadium near Paris, was opened to the media. At the event venue in the stadium, work was being done to set up a booth for reception and inoculation.
In addition, a call center will be set up at the stadium to accept vaccination reservations, and we plan to inoculate 10,000 people a week at this venue alone.
In France as a whole, we aim to inoculate at least once for about 30% of the population in the middle of next month.
"We will do everything we can to get the vaccine on holidays and weekends, just like on weekdays," Macron said in a television speech on the 31st. Shown.
The Macron administration wants to stop the infection by accelerating inoculation and pave the way for the resumption of the economy, which has been hit hard by tourism and the food service industry.