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French Health Minister Olivier Verand said on the 17th that the French government intends to tighten up epidemic prevention measures to curb the rebound of the new corona epidemic in many places in France.
The latest data from the epidemic show that more than 10,000 new cases were confirmed in France on the 17th.
[Detección de caos]The French Health Ministry said on the 17th there were 10,593 new confirmed cases of new crowns in France in the past 24 hours, a record since the outbreak. The peak of newly confirmed cases in the previous single day appeared on September 12, with 10,561 cases.
According to data from the Ministry of Health on the 17th, the total number of confirmed cases in France exceeded 415,000; the total number of deaths was 31,095, with 50 new cases, the second highest number of deaths in a single day in the last two months.
The French government conducts free public testing of the new corona virus, and multiple detection points in major cities such as the capital Paris are mired in chaos. Television footage broadcast by French media showed people queuing for several hours for tests, with shoving and shoving as they waited in line.
Since the first wave of the outbreak, the number of new coronavirus tests in France has increased six-fold. The French Health Ministry said that around 1.2 million samples were analyzed last week, with a positive rate of 5.4%.
Reuters reported on various doctors as their source that many tests were meaningless because some people had no symptoms and were not exposed to confirmed cases, but many tests were done.
Dr. Jean-Jacques Zambrowski, professor of public health policy at the Descartes University in Paris, said: “It’s crazy to get tested three times a week. Anyone can come forward (at the test point) and say they have symptoms.” .
Due to the increase in inspection volume, inspection institutions are under pressure. Hundreds of laboratory workers continued to demonstrate on the 17th to protest poor working conditions.
【Prevention and control update】
The French Health Minister, Véran, said on the 17th that the government is willing to tighten the measures to prevent the epidemic in order to stop the rebound in the epidemic. Following restrictions on meetings in the southwestern city of Bordeaux and the southern city of Marseille this week, the government plans to announce new epidemic prevention measures in the central city of Lyon and the southern city of Nice by 19.
Weilang said that if the epidemic shows no signs of relief, Marseille could implement stricter epidemic prevention measures, such as closing bars or banning people from gathering.
In Lyon and Nice, around 200 people out of 100,000 people are diagnosed with the new corona virus. Wei Lang said that the incidence of new crowns in these two places is four times the alert level.
As large numbers of patients are transferred to the intensive care unit, hospitals and medical staff can once again be under great pressure. Wei Lang said: “Our battle is to implement measures (against epidemic restrictions) to prevent large numbers of patients from entering the hospital. This is a race against time.”
Regarding testing, Wei Lang said that only people who have symptoms or have a prescription can order tests, in order to avoid the surge in demand for tests and overwhelming labs.
The French government has purchased 5 million antigen test kits, which are expected to be in use by early October. This detection method can detect if the new coronavirus is infected within 30 minutes and obtain preliminary results. At the same time, government regulators await “urgent” approval to use saliva to detect the new coronavirus.
French Interior Minister Gérard Dalmanin told the Senate on the 17th that since the “unblocking” of France in mid-May, the government has fined nearly 45,000 people for not wearing masks, each fined 135 euros (roughly the equivalent). 1082 yuan).
(Original title: More than 10,000 new diagnoses in a single day, France reinforces epidemic prevention measures)
