Reuters Benoit Tessier
The French government announced its intention to transfer about 100 patients with corona from intensive care units in the Paris region this week, amid the treatment of hospitals to prevent the large increase in the number of injuries.
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Government spokesman Gabriel Atal said: “By the end of this week, it is possible that about 100 patients have been evacuated from the Ile-de-France region,” which includes Paris, while two patients, aged 33 and 70, were being transferred to the city of Bordeaux in the southwest of the country.
Later in the week, he added, two specially equipped trains would transport “dozens of patients to areas today experiencing less pressure” due to the pandemic.
In response to a question whether Paris will avoid imposing a new lockdown, Atal said: “We are doing everything we can so that we do not have to take more difficult and tougher measures,” but stressed the authorities’ determination to take “any necessary decisions.”
The government decided to impose a lockdown over the weekend in the Bah de Calais region; Coronavirus patients began being transferred to less crowded hospitals earlier this month, as well as in the Mediterranean region around Nice.
On Saturday, the French Public Health Agency announced the registration of 30,000 new infections during the past 24 hours, and 174 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths in France to 90,315.
Source: AFP
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