Saturday’s record figure came after French Prime Minister Jean Castex warned Friday that there had been a “strong worsening” in France of the spread of covid-19, which “has not diminished in intensity” and “will be with us for a while. “few months. “
A past record of 9,843 new infections reported on Thursday.
Despite the backlog of cases, Castex has announced new primary restrictions, saying France’s purpose is to “avoid a blanket lockdown” and succeed in living with the virus through social distancing, masking and intensified testing.
Castex said his government would put into effect immediate Covid-19 evidence for precedence cases and give local government the strength to ensure that some corporations reduce opening hours.
The country’s defense council met friday to discuss new measures to stop the spread of the virus, while experts say difficult steps will be taken to stop the resurgence of cases.
Jean-François Delfraissy, who heads the clinical panel advising the French government on coronavirus issues, said Wednesday that the government would be “bound to make a series of tough Array decisions . . . in the next 8 to 10 days at the most. ” .
(FRANCE 24 with AFP and REUTERS)