- By Joergen Haisem
- (General Dispatch) – The Paris AP media said that a French culture minister was admitted to a clinical center after presenting symptoms associated with COVID 19 at the beginning of the new spike in cases in the EU.
- The European Union is currently witnessing a new wave of infections after a new variant of the coronavirus was detected in the United Kingdom, politician Roselyne Bachelot had tested positive for COVID and was hospitalized days later.
- The virus has been spreading to the north and southeast of France, President Emmanuel Macron said he will accelerate the vaccination campaign prioritizing older adults and people who are on the front line in combat with COVID 19.
- The head of the public hospital system, Martin Hirsch said that despite the spike in COVID 19 cases, hospital admissions have remained at low levels so far.
- A statistical institution in France reported that the death rate from the virus has been 93 thousand, in the capital it has been recorded that the infection rate has been 700 per 100 thousand inhabitants in ages between 20 and 50 years.
- On the other hand, Brexit politician Nigel Farage is blaming France for exporting the virus to the United Kingdom through crossings that groups of immigrants have attempted to make by boat.
- France has faced slow immunization processes and as the virus spreads its infection, the French government is receiving constant criticism that its blocking measures have been null and void and are not being complied with.
Adittional Information:
Breitbart: French Government Minister Hospitalised Amid Coronavirus ‘Third Wave’ in EU
France 24: French culture minister hospitalised with Covid-19 as labour minister discharged
