(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) French officials confirm that the epidemic has worsened and will strengthen inspections of health passes
China News Agency, Paris, November 10 (Reporter Li Yang) French officials confirmed on the 10th local time that the new crown epidemic has worsened.
In response to the current epidemic situation, the government will strengthen inspections of health passes.
French government spokesperson Attar pointed out that the deterioration of the French epidemic situation is "obvious" when reporting the situation of the French epidemic that day.
He warned that France is similar to other European countries, and early warning signs related to the epidemic are constantly emerging.
Attar reiterated that vaccination against the new crown virus is the "best weapon" against the new crown virus.
He once again emphasized the importance of the third dose of vaccine for people over 65 years of age.
He said that from December 15th, if people over the age of 65 do not receive the third dose of the vaccine, their health passes will be invalidated.
He also said that the current health supervision department has not recommended that children under 12 be vaccinated.
The French Ministry of Health said that a larger third dose of vaccination may be carried out in a few months to strengthen the protection of young people.
French Interior Minister Darmanin announced on the 10th that he had requested the governors of French provinces to strengthen inspections of health passes in accordance with the instructions of President Macron.
He said that in view of the rising incidence of the new crown and the faster spread of the virus in winter, it is necessary to ask the governor, police and military police to strengthen the inspection of health passes as before.
Dalmanin revealed that the inspection of health passes has been relaxed recently.
Approximately 50,000 people and 8,000 institutions in the whole law received health pass inspections every week in September, while fewer than 25,000 and 4,000 institutions were inspected last week.
In addition, the French Ministry of Education stated that in response to the rebound of the epidemic, all schools in France will resume the mandatory indoor mask-wearing measures from November 15th.
French official data showed that the epidemic continued to rebound. In France, 11,883 new confirmed cases in a single day on the 10th, which exceeded 10,000 for two consecutive days; the average number of new confirmed cases in a single day increased to 9,030, an increase of 56% within a week; the cumulative number of confirmed cases was 7,244,040 example.
The cumulative number of deaths in France is now 118,056, with 33 new deaths.
The number of French COVID-19 hospitalized patients is now 6,906, and the number of severely ill patients is 1,154.
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