Under the pressure of the British variant of the virus, Dunkirk in northern France welcomes the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak of the Chinese communist virus. Local confirmed cases are on average three times higher than in the rest of France, and young patients are predominant. Local hospitals are under pressure.
According to AFP, the incidence of Covidium in Dunkirk is three times the average for the whole of France. In one week, there were 600 confirmed infections per 100,000 people there, compared to an average of 190 confirmed cases per 100,000 people in other regions.
Dunkirk is particularly stressed by the British variant of the virus, according to the French newspaper Le Monde. The proportion of infections with the British variant “B.1.1.7” virus in Dunkirk is estimated at 72% of all infections. Hospitals are seeing large numbers of patients, many of whom are young.
The Dunkirk Convention Center has been urgently transformed on Thursday, February 18 into a testing center for the CCP virus Covid-19. Long lines formed outside the Convention Center, a stone’s throw from the beach. Retired Jean-François Dehaene arrived 45 minutes before the doors opened and was first in line. He, like many of the Dunkirkites who came for antigen testing, first wanted to “reassure himself” because of the outbreak that had hit the place in the past two weeks.
Meanwhile, French health Minister Olivier Véran announced Thursday that starting next Monday, France will extend the quarantine period for those infected with Covid-19 from seven to 10 days to address the risks posed by the more contagious variant of the Chinese Communist virus.
He insisted during his weekly review. With nearly 20,000 new confirmed cases per day nationwide in the past week, the variant continues to develop and pressure on hospitals remains high (more than 3,300 patients in intensive care). He warned that if “vigilance is relaxed now, there is a risk of even stronger restrictions in the near future.”
The health minister said that “36% of the positive cases screened were for the British variant and 5% for the South African or Brazilian variants. These variants were unevenly distributed, peaking at one point in Moselle (the South African variant) in the east, but the situation has improved, with the British variant accounting for 72 percent of cases in Dunkirk in the north.
In terms of vaccination, 2.4 million people have had their first dose since vaccination began in France at the end of December.
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