{"id":4530,"date":"2020-08-16T21:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=4530"},"modified":"2020-08-16T21:54:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T14:54:41","slug":"france-plans-masks-work-daily-covid-19-cases-surpass-3000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/france-plans-masks-work-daily-covid-19-cases-surpass-3000\/","title":{"rendered":"France plans masks at work as daily COVID-19 cases surpass 3,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARIS — France is to propose that masks be worn in shared workspaces as the country grapples with a rebound in coronavirus cases that rose again in the past 24 hours to over 3,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk along the Seine river banks, as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, Paris, France, August 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n

The health ministry reported 3,310 new coronavirus infections, marking a post-lockdown high for the fourth day in a row.<\/p>\n

The number of clusters being investigated increased by 17 to 252, it said in a website update.<\/p>\n

The resurgence prompted Britain to impose a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from France, and led the authorities in Paris to expand zones in the capital where wearing a mask is mandatory outdoors.<\/p>\n

Employment Minister Elisabeth Borne said she would propose on Tuesday at talks with employer and union representatives that masks be compulsory in collective workspaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cA theme that appears in all scientific opinions is the value of wearing them (masks) when there are several people in a confined space,\u201d Borne said in an interview with French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.<\/p>\n

Doctors have increasingly called for masks to be required in the workplace while the HCSP, a body advising the government on health policy, issued a recommendation calling for masks to be compulsory in all common indoor spaces.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s upswing has taken the seven-day moving average of new infections above the 2,000 threshold for the first time since April, when France was in the middle of one of Europe\u2019s strictest lockdowns.<\/p>\n

The number of people in hospital has trended downwards in recent weeks even as new COVID-19 cases have risen, with experts pointing to the spread of the virus among younger people.<\/p>\n

However, the latest daily figures showed a slight rise in the number of hospital patients, at 4,857 against 4,828 a day earlier, as well as a rise in intensive care patients to 376 from 367.<\/p>\n

Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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