(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) French Minister of Health: France is at the beginning of a new wave of epidemic, or the medical system is under pressure again
China News Agency, Paris, July 11-French Minister of Health Villin warned on the 11th local time that France is at the beginning of a new wave of new crown epidemics and the medical system may be under pressure again.
Weilan said on the same day that the number of infections is gradually increasing as the delta strain of the new coronavirus mutant virus is more contagious.
He said that France reported nearly 4,700 new confirmed cases of new crowns on the 10th. If the epidemic is not controlled, the number of confirmed cases may increase to 6,000 new cases per day within one week, and to 10,000 new cases per day within 15 days. , And rose to more than 20,000 new cases per day in early August.
Weiland also cited the current epidemic situation facing the UK to illustrate the urgency of fighting the epidemic.
He believes that the epidemic situation in France is about "four weeks behind" compared with that in the United Kingdom.
He said that the number of new confirmed cases in a single day in the UK has now exceeded 30,000, and the medical system is under pressure again.
Weiland warned that "the same situation as last summer" may repeat itself. Young people may infect the elderly, because not everyone is vaccinated now, and the number of severe cases and hospitalizations may increase in the future.
When talking about the future response to the epidemic, Wieland revealed that according to the Pasteur Institute’s model, if we manage to reduce the current increase in infection cases by 15% or 20%, the pressure on the medical system can be alleviated and more can be saved. life.
He once again urged the public to observe daily epidemic prevention measures and continue to be vaccinated against the new crown.
The French National Defense Council will hold a meeting on the 12th to discuss the response to the epidemic. President Macron will deliver a speech that night to announce new measures to deal with the epidemic.
Weilan said that compulsory vaccination for nursing staff is "one of the ideas for responding to the epidemic."
He said that if there is no vaccine now, the new wave of epidemics we face will be more violent than the first wave of epidemics last spring.
Wieland emphasized that vaccination is the main tool to counter "cities lockdown" measures, and the government is studying all ways to avoid any situation that would cause the country to shut down again.
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