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For the first time since the coronavirus epidemic began, the France registered more than 20,000 new infections in 24 hours. According to the data released by the health authority, Public health France, the cases were 20 thousand 339 in one day, with 62 dead. The greater number of cases also depends in part on the tests, much more numerous in recent weeks than those carried out in spring, but also worrying the positivity rate, which continues to rise: it was 9.8% on Thursday, exceeds the 10% threshold and reaches 10.4% Friday, October 9 at night. 1 have been identified24 additional shoots, for a total of 1362 cluster studied throughout the national territory.
The white plane
In the areas of maximum alert (Marseille, Aix, Paris, Guadeloupe, plus Saint Etienne, Grenoble and Lyon and Lille) the white plan is entering into force, which transfers resources from hospitals in the fight against Covid, with health personnel and specialized facilities in priority to patients with coronavirus. Non-urgent operations are postponed to leave as many ICU beds as possible for Covid patients.
The perspective
The President of the Scientific Council, Jean-Franois Delfraissysaid yesterday that the French need to get used to the idea of living with the virus until next summer. Delfraissy also reiterated that the authorities try to do everything possible to avoid a local lockdown (excluded at the general national level). But if local confinement becomes necessary, we will do it. This opens the possibility that the most affected areas, such as Paris or Marseille, suffer a new blockade. The next two weeks will be decisive for the performance of the second wave.
The pressure cooker strategy
Delfraissy likened the government’s strategy to a pressure cooker: you let it blow a bit, let the steam out, and then close it again, for two or three weeks, with new restrictions. Transitional measures that limit the circulation of the virus, then it reopens and closes in another area. Delfraissy, the head of the scientific body that helps President Emmanuel Macron deal with the situation, providing solutions and advice that the head of state has sometimes failed on behalf of other needs (for example, according to Delfraissy, the reopening of schools in May It was premature, but Macron wanted to continue anyway.)
October 9, 2020 (change October 9, 2020 | 21:21)
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