23rd December, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is not under control in France Karine Lacombe, the head of the infectious diseases unit at Paris’ Saint-Antoine hospital, said on Wednesday.
“On the epidemiological front, the epidemic is by no means under control,” Lacombe told BFM TV.
She said a new lockdown must remain an option,
Medical experts have also voiced concerns that the Christmas holidays could result in a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in France and Europe.
Data published on Tuesday showed that France had reported a further 802 related deaths in the last 24 hours, and another 11,795 confirmed cases.
France’s neighbour, the UK is also having problems taming the spread of COVID-19.
It blames the resurgence on a new variant of the novel coronavirus, which spreads 70 percent faster than the older version.