France has not refused to impose a third nationwide lockout if coronavirus cases continue to rise, the health minister said Sunday, as the country brags for a possible spike. there after Christmas.
“We will never take the necessary steps to protect the public,” Olivier Veran told the Iris du Dimanche.
“That’s not to say we’ve made a decision, but that we’re monitoring the situation hourly.”
France has been recording around 15,000 new infections every day, and on Friday confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus mutation that has recently emerged in Britain.
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The new pressure, which experts fear is more contagious, has forced more than 50 countries to impose travel restrictions on the UK.
Following a 48-hour ban on the UK this week, France has reopened its borders – in part to allow French citizens to return home but also to ease the massive construction of goods.
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On Saturday he delivered the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that he will use in their massive inoculation campaign.