The number of French people who have died from coronavirus now stands at 25, the Ministry of Health announced this evening. 1,412 confirmed cases have been identified on the territory, 286 more than yesterday, according to data compiled by the French public health agency.
Fifteen of the deceased are men and ten are women. 21 are over seventy. A new group has been identified in Corsica with 38 cases. The other “clusters” are located in the Oise, La Balme and Contamines, in the Haut-Rhin and in the Morbihan.
France remains for the moment in stage 2 of the state of alert. 157 health establishments are ready to care for infected people and more than 1000 tests are carried out per day, added the Director General of Health in his daily address.
Concerns about the spread of covid-19 plunged global stock markets on Monday. The Paris Bourse on Monday accused its worst fall on a session in almost twelve years (-8.39%).
Economic impact
The impact of the coronavirus will have a “severe” impact on French growth, said the Minister of Finance, Bruno Le Maire, assuring that the State would do its utmost to help the companies and sectors affected by the epidemic.
He also invited European states to launch a “massive and coordinated” European recovery plan and warned that French deficit targets will not be met this year.
Pandemic
On Monday, the WHO warned that “the threat of a pandemic” of the new coronavirus, which has infected more than 110,000 people worldwide, has “become very real”, ensuring however that the world “is not at its end thank you “.
Four countries represent 93% of the 110,000 or so cases recorded in the world, specified the boss of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a press conference in Geneva, welcoming the “aggressive measures” taken in Italy, the European country. most affected after China. “We hope that these measures will prove effective in the coming days,” he added.
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