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Following the start of a slow vaccination campaign, French health authorities said 1 million people had been vaccinated against the coronavirus as of Saturday. people.
However, the number of new infections, hospital admissions and deaths from COVID-19 remains high, fueling fears that France may need another national quarantine, the third to deal a new blow to business and everyday life.
As of Sunday, those arriving in France from European Union (EU) countries by air or sea must give a negative result to the COVID-19 test carried out in the previous 72 hours.
For arrivals outside the EU, this requirement applies from mid-January.
Meanwhile, those arriving in France from EU countries by land, including those working across the border, will not have to pass a negative test result.
According to Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Dabbanari, there are currently around 62,000 arrivals at French airports and seaports from other EU countries each week. people.
The French health agency reported on Saturday that 23,924 new cases of coronavirus infection had been detected in the previous 24 hours and 321 people had died, bringing the total number of deaths to 72,877.
25,800 thousand people are treated in hospitals. COVID-19 infected, of which almost 2.9 thousand rest in intensive care units.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Olivier Veran, warned that in the event that the measures currently in force, even throughout the country from 6 pm the curfew at night will be insufficient, another quarantine may be issued.
“We need a curfew to show results,” the minister said.
“In the best of cases, we will be able to reduce the pressure of the epidemic. If not, we will not wait for March to take action,” he told Le Parisien.
France had twice announced the quarantine in 2020: the first from March to May and the second from October to December.
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