French PM says Omicron is spreading like ‘lightning’ | Coronavirus Plague News

French authorities have urged people to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 vaccine before the holiday season and the government is working to prevent further closure.

“The fifth wrath has come and it has reached its climax,” Prime Minister Jean Castex told a news conference Friday, likening the spread of the world’s most evolving Omicron species to “lightning.”

Castex also said a rapid spread and more spread is expected to control the disease France in early January.

To curb the spread of the virus during the holidays, the government banned concerts and fireworks during New Year’s celebrations. It has also urged people to avoid large gatherings and to reduce the number of families who attend Christmas.

“When you are small, you reduce the risk,” Castex said.

France too highly restricted travel to a foreign country of the European Union, including the United Kingdom, where Omicron sat behind the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus.

Officials announced the border on the grounds to travel to France from Britain, test for the virus within 24 hours and isolate 48 hours by Saturday.

Natacha Butler of Al Jazeera, from Paris, said the French government has been monitoring the situation in the UK with “many concerns”.

“They see the increase in COVID-19 infections there especially in the spread of Omicron species,” he said. “While there are registered Omicron cases here in France, the government says all they have to do is reduce its spread. And this is one of the ways they are trying to do so.”

On Saturday, French Health Minister Olivier Veran said Omicron was now thought to be responsible for up to 10 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the country.

French officials have also added a vaccine, in addition to greater pressure to provide as many shots as possible before families gather for Christmas. Health officials reduced the difference between the second and third shots to four months from the last five, Castex said.

The National Velodrome in Paris, home of a French cycling team and one of the country’s largest vaccination centers in the country, was in turmoil with people trembling before they went home – or bought one last time – on vacation.

With 50,704 people getting sick every day last week and 60,866 just Thursday, people said they did not want to risk their health and take advantage of the safety of their loved ones.

“It has to be safe,” said Nilo Schwencke, a medical student.

Before she arrived on Friday for treatment, Coralie Vieville said she had shared a file with 40 relatives, who are expected to gather for Christmas, to find out who had already received the vaccine and who had not.

“This is how we prepare,” Vieville said. Because it is a large family, he said, “it is very important to do this and make sure there is less risk.”

Dealing with vaccination

More than 48 million out of 67 million French people are fully vaccinated and thousands are signing up for the first shot or boost.

“People often forget ‘I’m vaccinated, I’ve got COVID, the vaccine doesn’t work,” said Marc Morales, a physician at the Velodrome, as excited cyclists raced along the tracks. “That is a lie. It protects against dangerous cases, reduces the spread but in the case of dissemination it is not 100% effective.

Castex said the government will announce new solutions to vaccination from next year.

“Although we have given time, a lot of time to the French people who were skeptical and skeptical, in January we will strengthen the vaccination campaign, because it is unacceptable that the refusal of millions of French people to get vaccinated is putting the lives of the world at risk,” he said.

In an effort to force people to get vaccinated, the government will issue a permit early next year to convert a health certificate to France into a vaccine certificate. This means that people have to be vaccinated to get into restaurants or use public transport.