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“We do not rule out any measure that may be necessary to protect the population. This does not mean that we have made a decision, but we are monitoring the situation hour by hour,” the minister said in an interview published in the newspaper “Le Journal du Dimanche” .
The Health Minister’s statement comes at a time when the government fears that the country will be exposed in the coming weeks to a third epidemic wave after the holidays.
The minister pointed out that what increases the seriousness of the situation is that currently “15 thousand new infections are registered daily on average, after having dropped to 11 thousand cases.”
He added that “the goal of registering 5,000 (new infections per day) is decreasing. The pressure on the health system is still great, with 1,500 new hospitalizations registered per day,” although most of these cases do not require transfer to the unit. intensive care.
Veran stressed that he is “willing to take the necessary measures if the situation worsens,” noting that the situation is already worrying in several eastern provinces of the country.
He added that a large number of mayors in eastern France had been calling for him for several days to “re-enforce general closure measures, either nationwide or locally” after Christmas.
France has detected 2,550,864 infections on its soil since the start of the pandemic, in addition to 62,573 deaths, according to the “World-O-Meter” observatory.
