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In France he coronavirus It has worked again and now Macron does not rule out a new one emergency shutdown. Today a nonew record of positive cases: 7,379 in the last 24 hours, according to the evening statement from the Directorate General of Health. Swabs were also registered, which were almost 900,000 in the last week (893,146).
Covid France, the alarm: exponential progression of the epidemic
“I would not have learned enough from what we have been living for a few months if I told you that I totally rule out a new blockade,” the French president said. Emmanuel macron, responding to a question about the possibility of a new total closure of the country due to the Coronavirus infection. Speaking in front of the presidential press, Macron added: “But we are preparing to do everything possible to prevent it.” A change compared to a few hours earlier, when during a visit to a pharmaceutical factory he had described as “counterproductive” and “ineffective” closing the borders between EU countries as a measure to curb the increase in Covid-19 infections. “Closing the borders between two countries does not make sense when there are outbreaks, areas of active circulation as we call them now, which are clearly identified.” Europe has millions of cross-border workers, some of whom travel between regions of different countries not affected by the virus, and it would be “absurd” to hamper “daily life, economic life,” Macron warned, urging them “not to repeat mistakes.” of March “.
However, the French Health Service now underlines that “the dynamics of the progression of the epidemic is exponential” and that “hospital indicators are increasing”. The figures also show that there have been 20 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 30,596 since the start of the epidemic. The number of hospitalizations remained stable at 4,535, while the number of critically ill patients in resuscitation increased from 6 to 387.
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Obligation to wear a mask
The reproduction rate of the COVID-19 it doubled from 0.7 to 1.4 and the number of cases quadrupled compared to last month. There are 800 hospitalized patients per week and 21 French provinces have been declared a “red zone”. In Paris, the obligation to wear a mask was extended, although not to places that are not overcrowded. Prime Minister Jean Castex went so far as to say that: “something is happening that scientists had not anticipated. We have to react now.
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