French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron has said that France will go into a nationwide lockout on Friday, as experts suggest the country’s Covid-19 cases could rise to 100,000 a day.
Macron announced the measures in a televised address Wednesday evening, saying the current sanctions were “not enough now.” By mid-November, all care beds can be taken by all Kovid-19 patients, unless a “break” is applied to the virus.
Under the new French lockdown, people will need a certificate to move around. Non-essential businesses, restaurants and bars will be closed. Schools will be open, people can go to work and care home visits will be allowed.
In Germany, the new measures will last four weeks, Merkel said Wednesday, adding that sanctions will be re-evaluated within two weeks.
From November 2, German restaurants, bars and clubs will be closed “to avoid a national health emergency.” People living in Germany are advised to stay home, avoid traveling and “keep their contacts to a minimum. Social contacts will be publicly confined to two homes. Schools and kindergartens will be open, but to do so Strict cleaning measures have to be taken.
Stricter, however, the new guidelines in both countries are less stringent than the lockouts imposed this spring, which put Germany and France on hold.
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As winter approaches, the coronavirus epidemic in the European Union is accelerating, with infections affecting the continent.
Jean-Franੋois Delfresi, who heads the scientific council that advises the French government, warned on Monday that there could be as many as 100,000 new coronavirus cases per day in France, as many could be diagnosed or asymptomatic.
The French Hospital Federation, which represents 4,800 hospitals, warned of capacity issues in a statement on Wednesday.
The group said in a statement that a complete lockout was the only solution and that it would allow French hospitals to “successfully treat all French people, whether they have covid, whether they have a serious illness or a serious accident.” Is. ”
France’s “hospital system will not survive without radical measures,” federation president Frederic Vallettox said in an interview with French radio station France Inter, adding that the hospital was struggling with fewer medical staff than at the peak of spring.
In Germany, the number of intensive care admissions has doubled, Merkel said. “I want to say which situation is particularly serious – the rate of spread is particularly high,” he said.
His announcement came after discussions with leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states over the country’s growth following a lawsuit.
According to the country’s disease and control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, 14,964 new daily infections were reported in Germany on Wednesday. According to the agency, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country is now 449,275 and the death toll is 10,098.
Reporting contributions by Barbara Vojazar in Paris and Lindsay Isaac in London.
