Schools will remain open and the Paris leadership is also trying to maintain economic activity. In France, there are now around 20,000 new infections per day, and 33,000 have already died from the coronavirus disease.

Coronavirus: the second wave

Half a year after the spring outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the second wave of the pandemic has arrived. The radical increase in the number of infected is forcing more and more countries to re-impose restrictions, despite the fact that the world economy has not even recovered from the effects of the spring outbreak. According to the signs, the second wave also reached Hungary. Follow our news!

Some elements of the restrictive measures taken during the spring corona virus wave in France, including nine major cities, including Paris, Lille, Grenoble, Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille, will be reintroduced between 9 p.m. and 6 p.m. it may not be in a public place. The measure, announced by the head of state Emmanuel Macron, will take effect at midnight on Saturday.

Macron also spoke – and this was officially confirmed by the government – that as of October 17 they will reorder the introduction of the national health emergency, which was lifted on July 18. “The Covid-19 epidemic is a health disaster that puts the health of a large part of the population at risk. This, in turn, requires public authorities to take adequate and proportionate measures to reduce risks, ”he emphasized in a statement to state television reporters. Macron, emphasizing that despite the curfew, they want to keep the economy running in the cities in question, added that the measure will remain in effect for four weeks. “The epidemic is spreading rapidly, but we are keeping the situation under control. I think ordering another national shutdown would be a disproportionately serious decision, “he explained. “Thus, the closure of schools and other institutions is not on the agenda, the objective is to avoid the necessary meetings,” he added.

“Curfew violators are fined € 135 and people can only stay in public areas for good reason. Going to a restaurant is not like that ”, he explained, adding that restrictions on interurban and urban public transport are not yet on the agenda. According to Macron, the goal is to reduce the number of registered virus carriers per day from the current average of twenty thousand infected to 2-3 thousand per day, and this can be achieved mainly by reducing person-to-person contacts.

According to the head of state, it is necessary to continue increasing the number of tests. “The triple task is to test, warn and protect,” he emphasized.

Macron also emphasized that the epidemic can only be controlled by working together and following the rules, so if the French want to prevent the situation from getting worse, they must learn to live with the virus. According to the head of state, the epidemic will take the victims at least until the summer of 2021.

Macron spoke again with the citizens of the country after the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in France, last week was a day in which more than twenty thousand people were registered in the country. In France, where there are many more carriers of the virus in the second wave than in the first, there are currently about 800,000 infected and 33,000 dead. Hospitals are also starting to fill up, with intensive bed occupancy rates in and around hospitals in Paris, the main focal point of the epidemic, up to 90 percent early next week. “By October 24, there will be 800-1000 patients in the intensive care unit in Paris, which means a saturation of 70-90 percent,” said Martin Hirsch, director of the organization that runs 39 public hospitals in Paris. There are about five thousand intensive beds throughout France and 1600 of them are currently occupied. At the peak of the wave last year, 7,000 people were treated in intensive care units, and then the Army camp hospitals had to be used as well.

Before the tightening just announced, some of the measures taken during the spring wave and then tested have started to be reintroduced. For example, the wearing of indoor masks has become compulsory in the capital and in several other settlements.

Macron has delivered four official television speeches since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, the most recent on July 14, in which the head of state announced more severe restrictions and other precautions. The first speech was given on March 16, when the head of state announced that his country was fighting the virus and then, the next day, France was practically closed and the strictest measures on the continent were taken to prevent the spread of the disease. . The format was different this time, Macron was now speaking in an interview with the citizens of the country.



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