Omicron: France reports over 100,000 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Paris: France reported 104,611 new cases of Covid-19, the highest daily record since the outbreak of a pandemic in the country, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 9,088,371.

According to the French Public Health Service, a total of 16,162 Covid-19 patients are currently hospitalized, of which 3,282 are in intensive care, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

An additional 84 Covid-19 deaths were recorded, bringing the national death to 122,546, officials added. The French Ministry of Health said that 52,712,462 people have been vaccinated at least once, accounting for about 78.2 percent of the total population. On Thursday, the French Scientific Council advised the French government on the ongoing rapid spread of the Omicron variant. AstraZeneca states that the antibody drug Evsheld can fight the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

“The progression is very rapid, especially between the ages of 20 and 29. In January, hundreds of thousands of new cases are expected each day,” said Arnaud Fontanet, an epidemiologist and member of the Scientific Council. I am saying.

French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a meeting of the Croatian Defense Council on Monday. The Council of Ministers’ emergency meeting is expected to adopt a bill to convert the current health pass into a vaccination pass. To get a new pass, you need to vaccinate the French people.

SOURCE: Xinhua