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In France, the government is preparing to launch new restrictive measures to stem the virus

Macron met the Defense Council on Friday to develop measures to tackle the spread of the virus. Localized confinement (cities, neighborhoods, schools), closure of bars and restaurants, ban on meeting more than 10 people, isolation of the elderly and vulnerable people. What is worrying is the growing number of new ICU admissions

Although we are still far from the figures reached during the confinement, the number of Covid-19 cases in France continues to increase day by day and to cause concern. For this reason, French President Emmanuel Macron met the Defense Council to illustrate what measures will be taken to address the situation. In recent days, another key indicator has grown at a worrying rate: the daily number of new ICU admissions.

According to the data provided by the latest report by Santé Publique France , the increase in the circulation of the virus is exponential. The dynamics of transmission are of concern. In the last week, 92 departments recorded an incidence rate above the alarm threshold of 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per week and 19 departments recorded an incidence rate above the alarm threshold (50 / 100,000 inhabitants). Although the number of patients tested is increasing, this does not explain the increase observed in cases. In fact, since the beginning of July, the number of patients tested has slightly more than doubled while the number of new cases has multiplied by 12.

As shown by the infographic published by Santé Publique France in the last week there were 2,157 hospitalized people of which 372 were hospitalized in intensive care, while 8,577 new cases were reported in 24 hours.

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Source: Santé Publique France

The fact that the situation in France is becoming worrying is also demonstrated by the fact that the transalpine country is now also the third country in the world by number of positives compared to the size of the population as shown by the infographic of the Agence Nationale de la Santé.

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Source: Agence Nationale de la Santé

The gap between France and its neighbors is often justified by the exponential increase in testing. In mid-June, “only” 215,000 tests were carried out every week in France: today almost a million. Despite this, however, France, contrary to popular belief, is not the country that carries out the largest number of tests but is only the sixth in the world, behind India, USA, Russia, United Kingdom and Germany.

What is worrying, as we said before, is the fact that while the number of patients tested has more than doubled, the number of new cases has instead multiplied by 12. Faced with this situation, while on the one hand the government avoids a general re-definition of the population, "localized confinement" could occur in areas with high virus circulation. That is, an entire city could be closed or even just a neighborhood or a school. Of particular concern is the city of Marseille, with the beds in intensive care dedicated to the coronavirus already full.

In Paris, the city council is averting a new general confinement but warns that a confinement per district would be impossible to achieve. Among the other measures envisaged by the executive there could be the ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, the closing of bars and restaurants at 11pm and also protective measures for vulnerable people: the elderly or people with risk factors (diabetes, obesity, respiratory diseases). It is still not clear how this will be implemented but it is already possible to provide for a particular isolation for the elderly in retirement homes and Ehpads.

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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Atlantico Quotidiano at the URL http://www.atlanticoquotidiano.it/quotidiano/in-francia-il-governo-si-prepara-a-varare-nuove-misure-restrittive-per-arginare-virus/ on Sat, 12 Sep 2020 04:32:00 +0000.