France must stay vigilant as more people will be hospitalised in intensive care units in the next two weeks, reflecting a flare-up in COVID-19 infections in recent days, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Saturday.
FILE PHOTO: French Health Minister Olivier Veran, wearing a protective face mask, leaves following the first weekly cabinet meeting after summer vacation break, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
“I cannot envision a general lockdown. The lockdown was a lid on an overflowing cooking pot,” he said. But after falling steadily for months after an April 14 peak of 32,292, the number of people hospitalised was up by 28 on Friday to 4,671, rising for a sixth day in a row.
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