France became the sixth country to file approximately 10 million COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, accounting for more than a third of all infections worldwide as Europe passed 100 million coronavirus cases.
As per the agencies data, the whole European region, which includes 52 countries and territories along the Atlantic coast, as well as Azerbaijan and Russia, has registered 100,074,753 instances of the new coronavirus as of Saturday, accounting for more than a third of the global total.
According to official statistics released on Saturday, France has set a new high with 219,126 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus caused by the hyper transmissible Omicron b.1.1.529 strain in the last 24 hours.
Europe, which became the pandemic’s epicentre in November, has seen intermittent outbreaks of Omicron-related diseases and France has now joined the United States, India, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Russia in having more than 10 million confirmed cases, with Saturday’s tally being the second highest after 232,200 confirmed cases on Friday.
Over 4.9 million have been recorded throughout Europe in the last seven days. In the previous week, France has registered one million COVID-19 cases, accounting for 10% of all positive cases since the epidemic began.
In his New Year’s address, French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out the need for more severe health measures, emphasising that the government cannot limit individual freedom, but masks in public settings would henceforth be required.
According to various accounts, the law now applies to children as young as six, down from the previous limit of eleven. According to TRT, the French government intends to avoid closing schools after the Christmas break by lowering the age of children who are now forced to wear masks. Masks were required in outdoor settings in Paris and Lyon. Since the outbreak began, France has registered approximately 10 million COVID-19 cases, making it the sixth country to do so.
(Source: RepublicTv)
