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Despite the increase in COVID-19 cases, the administration of President Emmanuel Macron has so far not declared a new national closure, opting to tighten measures locally in cities as affected as Nice and Dunkirk, but Paris has been saved so far.
“I call on everyone, and especially those living in the capital, to be extremely careful, wear the mask and respect social distancing. The goal is to reduce the pressure on the hospital system,” Castex said during a visit. to a hospital.
The number of people with COVID-19 in intensive care units exceeded 4,000 on Friday for the first time since Nov. 26, with nearly 1,100 COVID-19 patients in ICUs in the Paris region alone.
In Paris and the surrounding region, health officials say intensive care units are about to be overloaded.
Castex said that in the Ile-de-France region, around Paris, the vaccination campaign would be accelerated this weekend, with the delivery of an additional 25,000 doses.
France’s vaccination program has been hampered by logistical bottlenecks and problems with vaccine manufacturers ’deliveries, but Castex said the campaign was accelerating, with 320,326 shots administered on Friday, a new record.
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(REUTERS)