(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The French Prime Minister calls for strengthening prevention and control law enforcement, Paris Region intends to reduce public transport capacity
China News ServiceParis, February 27 (Reporter Li Yang) French Prime Minister Castel requested on the 27th local time to strengthen law enforcement for the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic to curb the deterioration of the epidemic. The Paris Region Public Transport Authority said it plans to reduce public transport capacity from next week.
On the same day, Castel convened the governors and heads of health departments from 20 severely affected provinces to discuss the response to the epidemic. The meeting was held in video mode. The meeting was also attended by French Minister of the Interior Dalmanin and Minister of Health Vilan. Castel requested to strengthen the law enforcement of epidemic prevention and ensure that the current epidemic prevention control measures can be fully implemented.
Castel expressed the hope that further regional control measures can be taken to avoid nationwide “city closures.” He called on the governors of 20 severely affected provinces to work together with local officials to jointly implement the official epidemic prevention strategy. French public opinion pointed out that Castel’s relevant statement aimed to warn people who did not comply with the control measures, and the police would also increase their crackdown.
The meeting on the same day also coordinated future epidemic response measures. If the epidemic situation in these 20 provinces continues to deteriorate, further control measures may be taken on relevant areas from March 6, such as “closing the city” on weekends.
The Paris Region Public Transport Administration said on the 27th that it plans to reduce public transport capacity from next week in order to cope with the situation that the public transport system passengers have been reduced by nearly half since the end of last year. The initial plan is that the frequency of most subway and suburban train lines in Paris will be cut by 10% than usual. Organizations such as labor unions worry that cutting capacity may not ensure the social distance of passengers and at the same time bring risks to staff.
The latest statistics show that the spread of the new crown virus in the Paris region is accelerating again. The local basic infection number R0 value has continued to rise in recent weeks and has now risen to more than 1 to 1.04. When the R0 value remains below 1, the epidemic is in a stable state; otherwise, it indicates that the epidemic has not been slowed down.
According to official epidemic data, France has 23,996 new confirmed cases on the 27th, and a total of 3,736,016 confirmed cases. The cumulative number of deaths is now 86,332, and there are 185 new deaths. (Finish)
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