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Overseas network on January 27, France since the spread of the new coronavirus mutation in Omiquerong, the epidemic situation has deteriorated sharply. At present, in terms of population proportion, France ranks second in Europe in terms of the number of daily infections of the new crown after Denmark, but in terms of the absolute number of daily infections, France ranks first in Europe. Experts interpret that there are many reasons behind this situation.
According to Le Parisien, in the past week, the average daily increase in the number of new coronavirus infections in France exceeded 360,000, and more than 500,000 cases of daily infections were recorded on the 25th, setting a record since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic. Jonathan Hooks, an epidemiologist at the French Institute of Advanced Studies in Public Health (EHESP), explains that the data on new cases must be linked to the number of people in the population, with France increasing the number of infected people at more than 5,300 per million inhabitants, ranking second in Europe, behind Denmark's 6,550 cases per million inhabitants, but much higher than some neighboring countries, such as Italy, which has 2,800 cases per million inhabitants. France, one of the countries with the largest number of COVID-19 tests, would logically detect more infected people, but that's not enough to justify the surge in cases in France.
The worsening of the epidemic in France is mainly affected by the new coronavirus mutation in Aumiqueron, which currently accounts for about 96% of the new cases in France. French infectious disease scientist Dennis Malvey said the level of transmission in Omikeron was unprecedented and incredible, which partly explained the current outbreak situation, and although Omiljung dominated many European countries, the impact in some neighboring countries was not as severe as that of France. Germany and Austria, for example, put strong restrictions on the spread of delta variants before the healthcare system saturated, an early step that allowed them to deal more calmly with the spread of the Omiljung. The French government is more focused on getting covid-19 vaccines than imposing restrictions, which in part means allowing further spread of the virus, which is an acceptable risk, as Omilon leads to a lower risk of serious infections that the healthcare system can afford.
French epidemiologist Antoine Flaou pointed out that from the perspective of the new crown case fatality rate, the countries with the best control are those that respond most sensitively to decision-making, norway has a case fatality rate of 27 cases per 100,000 residents, About 140 cases in Germany, 193 cases in France, and 231 cases in the United Kingdom.
Antoine Flaou believes that campus infections in France for the new academic year have driven the outbreak data up. Jonathan Hooks explained that the spike in child incidence in France, as does the 30- to 40-year-old age group, which seems to confirm that children infected with the new crown virus can spread to their parents.
Jonathan Hooks pointed out that the French relaxed their daily protection and also caused the virus to spread more. After two years of COVID-19, especially after a few doses of COVID-19 vaccination, it is difficult for many people to remain restrained, and some people think that "Omilon infection is only like a cold", but the truth is that Omilon infection can lead to death.
Antoine Flaou believes that the surge in cases in France cannot rule out the impact of the Evolutionary Branch of Omikejong, BA.2, which already dominates in Denmark, and perhaps France faces the same BA.2-triggered outbreak as Denmark. Jonathan Hooks explained that France has conducted fewer genetic sequencing than Denmark, that it will take longer for the sequencing results to be released, and that the share of BA.2 infections in new cases in France will be further understood in the coming days.
According to French Health Minister Olivier Veyland, in the last two weeks of 2021 and the first two weeks of 2022, cases of BA.2 infection were detected in different parts of France, but the level of transmission was very low, and 60 cases of BA.2 infection were confirmed in 10,000 gene sequencings conducted last week. But this data should be underestimated, as genetic sequencing in France lags behind the dynamics of the outbreak. According to Data from Denmark, from December 27, 2021 to January 2, 2021, BA.2 infections accounted for 20% of the new cases in the country, and from January 10 to 16, it accounted for 45%, and now more than 50%. Olivier Veyland also acknowledged that "60 cases may evolve into thousands in a few days or weeks", according to information provided by Denmark, people may be infected again after contracting the Aumi kerong mutation of the new coronavirus, it is possible to re-infect the evolutionary branch BA.2. (Overseas Network - Paris - Lujia)
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