Paris: France More than 100,000 virus infections have been recorded in a single day for the first time since the pandemic broke out, and Covid-19 hospitalizations have doubled as fast-spreading omicrons in the past month. Type complicates the government’s efforts to avert the new lockdown.
more than 1 person in 100 Paris The region has tested positive in the past week, according to the regional health service. Most new infections are linked to omicron The variant, which government experts predict will be effective in France in the coming days.
Meanwhile an increase in delta-type infections in recent months has fueled hospital admissions. More than 1,000 people died of the virus in France in the past week, bringing the total death toll to more than 122,000.
The government is holding an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the next steps. Some scientists and teachers have urged a delay in returning to school after the holiday or a reimposed curfew.
But the education minister says schools should open as usual on January 3, and other government officials are working to avoid measures that would stifle economic recovery.
Instead the government is hoping that phased vaccination will suffice. The government is pushing for a draft law that would require vaccination to enter all restaurants and many public places, instead of the current health pass system that allows people to test negative or submit proof of recovery if they are not vaccinated. Is.
more than 1 person in 100 Paris The region has tested positive in the past week, according to the regional health service. Most new infections are linked to omicron The variant, which government experts predict will be effective in France in the coming days.
Meanwhile an increase in delta-type infections in recent months has fueled hospital admissions. More than 1,000 people died of the virus in France in the past week, bringing the total death toll to more than 122,000.
The government is holding an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the next steps. Some scientists and teachers have urged a delay in returning to school after the holiday or a reimposed curfew.
But the education minister says schools should open as usual on January 3, and other government officials are working to avoid measures that would stifle economic recovery.
Instead the government is hoping that phased vaccination will suffice. The government is pushing for a draft law that would require vaccination to enter all restaurants and many public places, instead of the current health pass system that allows people to test negative or submit proof of recovery if they are not vaccinated. Is.
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