The country recorded 208,000 new infections in 24 hours. No less than 10% of the French population are already close contacts, and the hospital impact “is coming,” the Minister of Health warned this Wednesday.
This is a new record after the already worrying 178,000 cases on Monday. The fifth wave has turned into a “tidal wave,” he emphasized. Every second, more than two French people are diagnosed positive.
It is clear why the government asked the High Council for Public Health to examine under what conditions the isolation rules could be relaxed. The risk of economic and social disruption is real. The High Council is expected to give its opinion this Thursday.
