The coronavirus epidemic continues to grow in France. According to a new official report given this Saturday March 7 at 1 p.m., 716 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus were detected in France 11 people died. The previous assessment, given the day before, reported 613 cases and 9 deaths.
Two more people died in France after being infected with the coronavirus, announced the Ministry of Health. These “two additional deaths” occurred in Hauts-de-France and Normandy, specifies the ministry.
First binding measures will be implemented from this Monday, March 9. Indeed, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced the closure for at least two weeks of “nurseries, kindergartens, colleges and high schools “ in the Oise and Haut-Rhin, two of the most affected departments.
In these two departments is also established the “limitation of all gatheringsexcept those essential to social and democratic life. “
Avoid visits to nursing homes
“To date, the virus is present in certain territories and is circulating, even if it is not present everywhere in the territory,” said the ministry, which will make a press point at the end of the day. The whole country therefore remains at stage 2, but the transition to stage 3, that of the epidemic, is inexorable in the long term.
The elderly are the most vulnerable to the virus, it is recommended to avoid visits to nursing homes. In health establishments, visits are limited to one person per patient. Minors and sick people should not visit hospitalized people, including maternity.
Binding measures from Monday
The coronavirus is spreading in France where the first restrictive measures will be implemented on Monday in the Oise and Haut-Rhin regions, with the temporary closure of schools, when cases of contamination now exceed 600 in the country.
Several sporting events are reported, including the football match in Ligue 1 Paris SG – Strasbourg, scheduled for Saturday, or that of women’s rugby between Scotland and France as part of the Six Nations tournament. The Paris marathon scheduled for April 6 had already been postponed to October 18. On the other hand, the postponement of the municipal elections (March 15-22) is not on the agenda.
While the course of 100,000 infected people was crossed around the world and that the spread of the virus is accelerating in France, the last census of the authorities, Friday early in the evening, reported 613 infected people, 190 more than the day before, and two new deaths, bringing the number to nine death toll since late January.
