(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of newly confirmed cases in France has dropped, and some epidemic prevention measures have been relaxed
China News Agency, Paris, February 16 (Reporter Li Yang) The number of newly confirmed cases of the new crown in France has declined recently, and officials have relaxed some epidemic prevention measures from the 16th local time.
According to official French data, there were 98,735 new confirmed cases in a single day in France on the 16th, with a total of 21,976,290 confirmed cases.
The cumulative number of deaths in France is now 135,855, with 276 new deaths.
The number of severely ill patients with the new crown in France has now fallen to 3,126.
Data shows that the number of newly confirmed cases in France has shown a downward trend. The average number of newly confirmed cases in a single day has dropped from nearly 300,000 at the beginning of this month to about 100,000 at present.
This week's one-day average of new confirmed cases fell 44% from the previous week's figure.
The number of new hospitalized patients and the number of critically ill patients in a single day also decreased.
French officials have relaxed some of the epidemic prevention measures from the same day: nightclubs will reopen with a valid vaccine pass; public cultural venues such as stadiums and cinemas will resume the supply and consumption of food and beverages; bars and restaurants will resume some services again.
The French Ministry of Health said on the same day that it is possible to further relax epidemic prevention measures in mid-March. If the health and epidemic prevention conditions can be met by then, the number of critically ill patients can be reduced to 1,000 to 1,500 people, and the epidemic prevention measures of wearing masks indoors will be cancelled. Transportation.
However, areas with high infection rates of the new coronavirus may still maintain existing epidemic prevention measures.
Del Frassi, chairman of the French official scientific committee to deal with the epidemic, believed on the 16th that it is possible for France to cancel the vaccine pass measures at the end of March, but he also warned against premature optimism, because there may still be other new coronavirus variants. and its severity cannot be predicted.
In an interview with French BFM TV, a number of health and epidemic prevention experts were cautious about further relaxation of epidemic prevention measures, and believed that they should not decide too quickly to cancel the epidemic prevention measures of wearing masks indoors.
According to data from the French Ministry of Health, 54.17 million people in France have received at least one dose of the vaccine, accounting for about 80.4% of the French population; 53.11 million people have completed two doses, accounting for about 78.8% of the French population; 38.18 million people have been vaccinated Get a third dose of the vaccine.
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