France Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday that France is experiencing the beginning of the fifth wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, which has raised new concerns for those who want to see the infection coming to an end. In an interview with TF1 TV, the French minister confirmed that his country is now at the beginning of the fifth wave of pandemics, just like “several [other] neighboring countries”, adding that the spread of the virus is accelerating.
Reuters quoted Veran as saying in an interview with TF1: “Several neighboring countries are already in the fifth wave of the Covid epidemic, and what we experienced in France clearly looks like the beginning of the fifth wave.”
France’s health ministry registered as many as 11,883 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday. This is the second consecutive day that the number of new cases has remained above 10,000. Since around mid-October, there has been a double-digit weekly increase in new coronavirus cases.
French President Emmanuel Macron (Emmanuel Macron) warned earlier this week that the country’s Covid-19 infection rate is climbing again, and that people 65 and older in the country need to show Covid-19 boosters You can go to restaurants, participate in cultural events, and take intercity trains. Macron as saying: “From December 15th, you [65 years and older] will need to provide proof of booster injections to extend the validity period of your health pass.”
Macron also urged the 6 million people who are eligible for vaccination in France to come forward and receive the injection without even getting the first dose of the vaccine. “This is a call for responsibility-vaccinations,” he said. The French President warned that the pandemic is not over yet, and he said that more attention should be paid to all barrier gestures to protect people from Covid-19 and other winter infectious diseases.
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