“Avoid trips to France”. At 10 days of Christmas and the end of year holidays, Americans are invited by their health authorities to postpone their stay in France. “If you have to travel to France, make sure you are fully vaccinated before traveling “, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States, the reference American health agency, said on Monday evening.
Local authorities believe that traveling to France is now very risky (level 4), due to the health situation. “Even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk of contracting and spreading variants of COVID-19,” say the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This shift to a risk level of four out of four also concerns Jordan, Portugal and Tanzania.
This Monday evening, France has 2,191 people in intensive care for a coronavirus infection, against 1,749 a week ago. Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Health Olivier Véran spoke in Matignon on Monday after a Health Defense Council which examined the possibility of new anti-Covid measures while the number of daily cases is around 50,000. People 65 years of age and over can be vaccinated without an appointment, “whatever the center”. The health protocol is reinforced in schools and the nightclubs will be closed for four weeks from Friday, the head of government also announced.
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