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The Minister of Health “sees” an improvement in the situation in France in 4-6 weeks

Vaccination of more and more citizens can lead to a gradual return to normal routines, said today the French Minister of Health Olivier Veran, estimating that the situation with COVID-19 in France could improve over the next four to six weeks.

Veran also told BFM that France was doing everything it could to avoid a new national lockdown, although the government will keep all its options open, as broadcast by AMPE.

The French government has decided to exclude the Paris region from the lockdown on weekends for the time being and committed to speeding up the circulation of vaccines in more than 20 high-risk areas in an effort to ease pressure on hospitals and prevent further restrictive measures.

President Emanuel Macron is determined to keep the economy open for as long as possible, even if COVID-19 contamination rates are rising across the country, while the government adheres to its strategy of a nationwide curfew from 6 p.m. . until 6 a.m.

Yesterday, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that about 60% of cases COVID-19 in France are related to the mutated strain of the virus that was originally identified in England, while Veran stated today that about 6% of cases are related to the variant strains found in Brazil and South Africa.

France recorded 25,279 new cases yesterday coronavirus, bringing the total number of incidents to 3.84 million, as well as 293 deaths, bringing the total to 87,835.

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