New diagnoses exceeded 10,000 in a single day, France tightens epidemic prevention measures
French Health Minister Olivier Verand said on the 17th that the French government intends to tighten epidemic control measures to curb the rebound of the new crown epidemic in many places in France. The latest epidemic data shows that more than 10,000 new cases were confirmed in France on the 17th.
Detection of chaos
The French Ministry of Health said on the 17th that there were 10,593 new confirmed cases of new crowns in France in the past 24 hours, a record high since the outbreak. The peak of newly confirmed cases in the previous single-day appeared on September 12, with 10561 cases.
According to data from the Ministry of Health on the 17th, the total number of confirmed cases in France exceeded 415,000; the total number of deaths was 31,095, with 50 new cases, the second largest number of deaths in a single day in two months.
The French government conducts free tests for the public for the new crown virus, and multiple detection points in major cities such as the capital Paris are in chaos. TV images broadcast by the French media showed that people were queuing for several hours for testing, and pushing and pushing appeared while waiting in line.
Since the first wave of the outbreak, the number of new coronavirus tests in France has increased six times. The French Ministry of Health said that approximately 1.2 million samples have been tested in the past week, with a positive rate of 5.4%.
Reuters reported from multiple doctors that many tests were meaningless, because some people did not have symptoms and were not exposed to confirmed cases, but they tested many times.
Doctor Jean-Jacques Zambrovsky, a lecturer in public health policy at the Paris Descartes University, said: "It is crazy to be tested three times a week. Anyone can show up (at the test point) and say he has symptoms."
Due to the increased inspection volume, the inspection institutions are under pressure. Hundreds of laboratory workers continued to demonstrate on the 17th to protest the poor working conditions.
Prevention and Control Upgrade
French Minister of Health Verand said on the 17th that the government is ready to tighten epidemic prevention measures to curb the rebound of the epidemic. Following the restrictions on gatherings in the southwestern city of Bordeaux and the southern city of Marseille this week, the government plans to announce new epidemic prevention measures in the central city of Lyon and the southern city of Nice by the 19th.
Weilang said that if the epidemic shows no signs of easing, Marseille may implement stricter epidemic prevention measures, such as closing bars or banning people from gathering.
In Lyon and Nice, about 200 people out of every 100,000 people are diagnosed with the new crown virus. Weilang said that the incidence of new crowns in these two places is four times the alert level.
As a large number of patients are transferred to intensive care units, hospitals and medical staff may be under heavy pressure again. Wei Lang said: "Our battle is to implement (anti-epidemic restrictions) measures to prevent a large number of patients from entering the hospital. This is a race against time."
Regarding testing, Wei Lang said that only people who have symptoms or have a doctor’s prescription can request testing, so as to avoid the surge in testing requirements and overwhelming laboratories.
The French government has purchased 5 million antigen test kits, which are expected to be put into use in early October. This detection method can detect whether the new coronavirus is infected within 30 minutes and get preliminary results. At the same time, government regulators expect "urgent" approval to use saliva to detect the new coronavirus.
French Interior Minister Gérard Dalmanin told the Senate on the 17th that since France’s “unblocking” in mid-May, the government has fined nearly 45,000 people for not wearing masks, each with a fine of 135 euros (approximately equivalent)