After Omicron replaced Delta as the main mutant strain, the epidemic in Europe also rebounded severely. On December 29, French Health Minister Verand said that in the past 24 hours, there have been 208,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in France, once again setting a record for the daily increase in cases in France and Europe since the outbreak of the epidemic. The situation in the UK and Germany is also not optimistic.
French Health Minister Verand said: "The figures that the national health agency will release tonight show that the infection rate in our country continues to rise, these figures are dizzying, in the past 24 hours, 208,000 French people have been diagnosed with new crown pneumonia, I quickly calculated before the meeting, which means that at least two people test positive every second in 24 hours." ”
Verand also said that there are still 5 million people in France who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. 70% of the cases in intensive care in Paris hospitals are unvaccinated patients. He stressed that in the face of the current spread of the new crown virus in France, it is impossible to get out of the crisis without vaccination, and it is difficult for people who are unwilling to be vaccinated. In addition, Wei Lang also discussed a bill with lawmakers on the same day, planning to convert France's current health pass into a vaccine pass, which means that only a negative certificate of the new crown virus test will not be able to enter and exit public places.