Due to the continuing high rate of Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the country, the French government announced that border control measures will be extended from 24 local Time and all EU travelers entering the country by sea or airport must submit a negative test certificate within 3 days.
According to the French health authorities, 23,924 confirmed cases and 321 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, according to the AFP. The total number of deaths in France has now reached 72,877.
French Health Minister Oliver Veran said that if the current preventive measures are not effective in curbing the spread of the Epidemic, the government may be forced to issue new city closure orders, which will have a greater negative impact on French businesses and people’s daily lives.
French Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari noted that about 62,000 people are currently entering France by air and sea every week. Although the same control measures were issued in mid-January for non-EU countries, it is necessary to tighten them in order to avoid the expansion of the epidemic that would lead to a nationwide closure of the city.
As of Saturday local time, one million people in France had been vaccinated against Wuhan pneumonia. French Secretary of State Agnes Pannier-Runacher said that France has received 1.9 million doses of the vaccine and she is confident that the target of 15 million people being vaccinated will be reached by the end of June.
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