With 458 deaths after 24 hours in hospitals, France officially surpassed the milestone of 50,000 deaths related to the Covid-19 epidemic. Specifically, 50,237 deaths have been recorded nationwide as of March 1.
On the evening of November 24, French President Emmanuel Macron had a television appearance that was very much awaited by the people. Mr. Macron confirmed that, after nearly a month of national blockade, France had surpassed the second epidemic peak.
“The number of positive Covid-19 cases per day has fallen sharply, from more than 60,000 cases to an average of 20,000 cases / day in the past week. After recording 33,500 hospitalizations on November 16, higher than during the first wave of outbreaks, hospital admissions began to decline slowly. The number of emergencies for Covid-19 also decreased from 4,900 on November 16, to 4,300 today. From these data, it seems that the second pandemic peak has passed “- Mr. Macron said.
However, all of these figures have not met the target set by the French Government when it started to re-block the whole country since October 30 and is expected to be at least December 1. Therefore, the President of France announced that the national blockade process will continue until December 15, after which the blockade may be lifted if the medical situation permits. In the event of a nationwide blockade, France will re-impose curfew across the country, with the exception of Christmas Eve December 24 and New Year’s Eve December 31.
The French President also said that many changes will be applied from November 28, such as the fact that people can move 20 km from home and within 3 hours for physical activities and activities. Outdoor extracurricular activities for students will be reorganized, and religious ceremonies are allowed for a limit of 30 attendees. In particular, all stores will be reopened from November 28 to.
However, restaurants, coffee shops, discos will continue to close until at least January 20, 2021. Every 15 days, France will reevaluate the medical situation to take appropriate measures. In the short term, people will continue to work to achieve the goal of controlling the disease, bringing the number of daily infections to about 5,000 cases and hopefully vaccines will be deployed soon. However, Covid-19 vaccination will not be compulsory for the French people.